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Amos 5:18 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 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.Amos 5:18 · King James Version
Amos 5:18 in context
16Therefore 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.
17And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
18Woe 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.
19As 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.
20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Key words (Strong's)
- darknesschôshekthe darkH2822 →
- desireʼâvâhto wish forH183 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Woehôwyoh!H1945 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- endmâhproperly, interrogative what?H4100 →
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Here is, I. A very terrible threatening of destruction approaching, Amo 5:16, Amo 5:17. Since they would not take the right course to obtain the favour of God, God would take an effectual course to make them feel the weight of his displeasure.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-20