Amos 5:20

Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, || Even thick darkness that has no brightness?

Literal Standard 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 [when] one flees from the face of the lion, || And the bear has met him, || And he has come into the house, || And has leaned his hand on the wall, || And the serpent has bitten him.

21“I have hated—I have loathed your festivals, || And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go, and do not return, || To a land of darkness and death-shade,

Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd’s searching of his drove, || In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I seek My flock, || And have delivered them out of all places, || To where they have been scattered, || In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

Nahum 1:8And with a flood passing over, || An end He makes of its place, || And darkness pursues His enemies.

Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth into the outer darkness, there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

Revelation 16:10And the fifth messenger poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues from the pain,

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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