Amos 5:18 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:18

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.

KJV

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ASV

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

WEB

Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

YLT

Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you--the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

DBT

Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

About this book

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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37 verses on the floor

Joel 1:15
Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Joel 2:1–2
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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Or, rather, it is spoken to those who speak jestingly of that day of the Lord which the prophet spoke so seriously of; they desired it, that is, they challenged it; they said, Let him do his worst; let him make speed, and hasten his work, Isa. v. 19 . Where is the promise of his coming?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Eze 12:22). to what end is it for you!--Amos taking their ironical words in earnest: for God often takes the blasphemer at his own word, in righteous retribution making the scoffer's jest a terrible reality against himself.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

That desire - Scoffingly, not believing any such day would come. To what end - What do you think to get by it? Is darkness - All adversity, black and doleful.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

AMO 5:18JER 30:7 MAL 4:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 5:18MAL 4:1 2TH 1:8
AMO 5:18MAL 4:1 2PE 3:7
AMO 5:18JER 30:7 DAN 12:1
AMO 5:18JOE 2:31 REV 6:12-13
AMO 5:18MAL 4:1 MAL 3:2
AMO 5:18JOE 2:31 MAT 24:29
AMO 5:18JER 30:7 ZEC 14:1-2

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