Amos 5:20 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:20

Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

KJV

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ASV

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

WEB

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

YLT

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

DBT

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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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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Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Joel 2:11
And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

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Do not your own consciences tell you that it will be so, that it will be very dark, and no brightness in it? " Note, The day of the Lord will be a dark, dismal, gloomy day to all impenitent sinners; the day of judgment will be so; and sometimes the day of their present trouble.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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