Amos 5:20

Shall not the day of LORD be darkness, and not light, even very dark, and no brightness in it?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

In Context

19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

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Cross References

Job 10:21before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,

Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeks out his flock, in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so I will seek out my sheep, and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Nahum 1:8But with an over running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 16:10And the fifth agent poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast, and its kingdom became darkened, and they gnawed their tongues from the anguish.

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:17-21

Threatenings and Reproofs. ( b. c. 790.) 16 Therefore the Lord , the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord . 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man… Read the whole commentary →

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