Amos 5:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Amos 5:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Amos 5

¹⁶ Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

¹⁷ There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

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.

¹⁹ It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.

²⁰ Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

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