Amos 5:19 · KJV
“As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.”
— Amos 5:19
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.
{Shall} not the day of the LORD {be} darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos 5 — Context
And in all vineyards {shall be} wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
18Woe 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.
19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20{Shall} not the day of the LORD {be} darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. {in...: or, your holy days}
Cross References
Isaiah 24:17-18
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, {are} upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Jeremiah 15:2-3
And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as {are} for death, to death; and such as {are} for the sword, to the sword; and such as {are} for the famine, to the famine; and such as {are} for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah 48:43-44
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, {shall be} upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the {venomous} beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Amos 9:1-2
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. {lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop} {cut...: or, wound them}
1 Kings 20:29-30
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And {so} it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
Job 20:24-25
He shall flee from the iron weapon, {and} the bow of steel shall strike him through.