And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day,saith the Lord God,.... Not the songs sung by the Levites in the temple of Jerusalem, this prophecy respects the ten tribes only; but those in imitation of them, sung in the temple at Bethel, and other idol temples; or profane songs in the palaces of princes and nobles; that is, instead of these, there should be howlings for the calamities come upon them.
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Amos 8:3
Amos 8:3
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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