Amos 5:20
הֲלֹא ־ חֹשֶׁךְ יוֹם יְהוָה וְלֹא ־ אוֹר וְאָפֵל וְלֹא ־ נֹגַֽהּ לֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
21שָׂנֵאתִי מָאַסְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶם וְלֹא אָרִיחַ בְּעַצְּרֹֽתֵיכֶֽם ׃
Cross References
Job 10:21בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת ׃
Nahum 1:8וּבְשֶׁטֶף עֹבֵר כָּלָה יַעֲשֶׂה מְקוֹמָהּ וְאֹיְבָיו יְרַדֶּף ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
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 →