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Amos 5:16-20

Amos 5:16

Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says: “There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites.

Amos 5:17

“And in all the vineyards there is mourning, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who are longing for the day of the Lord, For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light;

Amos 5:19

As when a man flees from a lion And a bear confronts him, Or he goes home, leans with his hand against the wall, And a snake bites him.

Amos 5:20

Will the day of the Lord not be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?