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Amos 5:18

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.

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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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ה֥וֹיHowoe to!H1945 →
הַמִּתְאַוִּ֖יםha.mit.'a.Vimthose [who] desireH183 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
י֣וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לָמָּה־la.mah-<to> why?H4100 →
זֶּ֥הzehthisH2088 →
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto you
י֥וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הוּא־hu'-itH1931 →
חֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekh[will be] darknessH2822 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
אֽוֹר׃'orlightH216 →

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Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Joel 2:1–2Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.Jeremiah 30:7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Malachi 3:1–2“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.Zephaniah 1:14–15The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.Isaiah 24:11–12In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.Isaiah 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”Isaiah 9:19By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.Luke 23:44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.2 Peter 3:4“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”Ezekiel 12:27“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?Job 3:4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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