Amos 5:20

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

21I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell your meat offerings in your general assemblies.

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, 1 To a land of darkness and gloominess; 1

Ezekiel 34:12As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness.

Nahum 1:8But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against him and 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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