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The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
aAnd skillful lamenters to wailing. 
17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For aI will pass through you,”
Says the Lord. 
18 aWoe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is bthe day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light. 
19 It will be aas though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him! 
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
21 “Ia hate, I despise your feast days,
And bI do not savor your sacred assemblies. 
22 aThough you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. 
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 aBut let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream. 
25 “Dida you offer Me sacrifices and offerings
In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 
26 You also carried1 Sikkuth ayour king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves. 
27 Therefore I will send you into captivity abeyond Damascus,”
Says the Lord, bwhose name is the God of hosts. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Amos 5:18

Woe unto you who do not scruple to say in irony, "We desire that the day of the Lord would come," that is, "Woe to you who treat it as if it were a mere dream of the prophets" (Isaiah 5:19; Jeremiah 17:15; Ezekiel 12:22).

to what end is it for you!—Amos taking their ironical words in earnest: for God often takes the blasphemer at his own word, in righteous retribution making the scoffer's jest a terrible reality against himself. Ye have but little reason to desire the day of the Lord; for it will be to you calamity, and not joy.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 5:18:

Jeremiah 17:15
Jeremiah 30:7
Ezekiel 12:22
Amos 5:19
Micah 3:6
Zechariah 14:6
Malachi 2:17
Malachi 3:1

 

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