Amos Chapter 5 verse 20 Holy Bible
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?
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Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Will the day of Yahweh not be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - The character of the day of the Lord is enforced with reiterated earnestness (ver. 18) by an appeal to the conscience of e hearers. Do you not feel in your inmost hearts that in the case of such guilt as yours the Lord can visit but to punish?
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Darkness.--In the form of an interrogative, the condemnation contained in Amos 5:18 is emphatically reasserted. The term rendered "very dark" is that used to denote the gross Egyptian darkness that might be felt (Exodus 10:22), the awful gloom, such as fell on Jerusalem at the Crucifixion, which is always accompanied by the sense of confusion, terror, and intolerable suspense. (Comp. the graphic metaphorical language of Isaiah 5:30.)