Amos 5:20

Behold the day of the Lord is [one of] darkness, and not of light; yea, it is obscure, and hath no brightness.

Leeser Tanakh

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 were to flee from a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he enter into the house, and lean his hand against the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

21I hate, I despise your feast-days, and I will not smell [the sacrifices] on your festive assemblies.

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Cross References

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

Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd searcheth for his flock on the day that he is among his flocks that are scattered: so will I search for my flocks; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered on the day of clouds and [tempestuous] darkness.

Nahum 1:8But with an overflowing flood will he utterly destroy the place of [Nineveh], and his enemies will he pursue with darkness.

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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