Amos 5:20 · KJV
“{Shall} not the day of the LORD {be} darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
— Amos 5:20
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.
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. {in...: or, your holy days}
Amos 5 — Context
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.
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}
22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept {them}: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. {peace...: or, thank offerings}
Cross References
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.
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,
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. {As...: Heb. According to the seeking}
Job 10:21-22
Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Nahum 1:8
But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
Matthew 22:13
For many are called, but few {are} chosen.
Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Job 3:4-6
Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.