Amos 5:19

As if a man did flee from an ari, 1 and a dov met him; 1 or went into the bais, 1 and leaned his hand on the kir (wall), 1 and a nachash bit him. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

In Context

18Hoy unto you that desire the Yom Hashem! 1 Why do ye seek it? 1 The Yom Hashem is choshech, and not ohr. 1

20Shall not the Yom Hashem be choshech, and not ohr? 1 Even very dark, and no brightness in it? 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:29And they encamped these opposite those shivat yamim. And so it was, that in the yom hashevi'i the milchamah was joined; and the Bnei Yisroel slaughtered of Aram a hundred thousand foot soldiers in yom echad.

Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a gumatz (pit) shall fall into it; 1 and whoso breaketh through a wall, a nachash shall bite him. 1

Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the Yom Pekuddah (Day Of Visitation, Reckoning) 1 and in the desolation which shall come from afar? 1 To whom will ye flee for ezrah (help)? 1 And where will ye leave your kavod (glory, riches)? 1

Isaiah 24:18And it shall come to pass, 1 that he who fleeth from the noise of the pachad 1 shall fall into the pachat; 1 and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pachat 1 shall be caught in the pach; 1 for the arubot (windows [see Gn 7:11]) from on high are opened, 1 and the Mosedei Eretz (foundations of the Earth) do shake. 1

Jeremiah 48:43Pachad (fear), and the pakhat (pit), and the pach (snare), 1 shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moav, saith Hashem. 1

Acts 28:4And when the natives saw it hanging from his hand, they were saying to one another, Surely this man is a rotzeach (murderer); for though he was brought safely from the sea, Yashrus (Justice) did not allow him to live.

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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