Amos 5:19
as when a man flees from a lion 1 and a bear meets him, 1 or he goes in a house and puts his hand on the wall 1 and a snake bites him. 1
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20Will not the day of Yahweh be darkness and not light? 1 Gloom and no brightness? 1
Cross References
1 Kings 20:29So the armies camped opposite each other for seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle started. The people of Israel killed 100,000 Aramean footmen in one day.
Ecclesiastes 10:8Anyone who digs a pit 2 can fall into it, and whenever someone breaks down a wall, 2 a snake can bite him. 1
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on judgment day when the destruction comes from far away? 1 To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth? 1
Isaiah 24:18He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, 1 and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. 1 The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake. 1
Jeremiah 48:43Terror and the pit, and a trap are coming on you, inhabitant of Moab—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1
Acts 28:4When the native people saw the animal hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “This man certainly is a murderer who escaped from the sea, yet justice does not permit 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 →