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Amos 5:20

Judgment

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.

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

21 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

22 Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
KJV
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
WEB
Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
ASV
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
DARBY
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
BLB
Is not the day of YHWH darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
ÅB
Ja, Herrens dag er mørke og ikke lys, belgmørk og uten lysskjær.
OTB
Vil ikke Herrens dag være mørke, ikke
lys— bekmørk, uten et glimt av lys?
B1930
Ja, Herrens dag er mørke og ikke lys, belgmørk og uten lysskjær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

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  • Zephaniah 1:15

    That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

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  • Ezekiel 34:12

    As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

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  • Job 10:21–22

    before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,

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  • Jude 1:13

    They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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  • Nahum 1:8

    But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

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  • Revelation 16:10

    And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

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  • Matthew 22:13

    Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

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