Amos 5:20

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and 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 whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

Nahum 1:8But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue His enemies.

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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