Amos 5:18-20

The Day of the Lord

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Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord!^(A)
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.^(B)

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It will be like a man who flees from a lion^(C)
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.

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Won’t the Day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,^(D)
even gloom without any brightness in it?^(E)

Cross references:

A. Amos 5:18: Isaiah 5:19; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1; Joel 2:11; Joel 2:31

B. Amos 5:18: Isaiah 5:30

C. Amos 5:19: Job 20:24; Isaiah 24:17; Jeremiah 15:2-3

D. Amos 5:20: Isaiah 13:10

E. Amos 5:20: Joel 2:2