Amos 5:18-20
The Lord Demands Justice
18 Woe ▼ to those who wish for the day of the Lord!Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come?
It will bring darkness, not light.
19 Disaster will be inescapable, ▼
▼ The words “Disaster will be inescapable” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear,
then escaped ▼
▼ Heb “went” (so KJV, NRSV).
into a house, leaned his hand against the wall,
and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
20 Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring ▼
▼ Heb “Will not the day of the Lord be.”
darkness, not light – gloomy blackness, not bright light?
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