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Amos 5:20 KJV
Amos · chapter 5 · verse 20
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?Amos 5:20 · King James Version
Amos 5:20 in context
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?
21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- darknesschôshekthe darkH2822 →
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- darkʼâphêlduskyH651 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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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