Amos 5:20

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

Berean Standard Bible

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

19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

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Cross References

Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in 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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