Amos 5:18
Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord! What will the Day of the Lord be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
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.
“Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you long for the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light.
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- desire
- Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 28:15–22; Jeremiah 17:15; Ezekiel 12:22, 27; Malachi 3:1, 2; 2 Peter 3:4
- the day of the Lord is
- Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 24:11, 12; Jeremiah 30:7; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, 2, 10, 31; Zephaniah 1:14, 15; Malachi 4:1; 2 Peter 3:10