Amos 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Amos 5:16-18

16Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, “There is 1wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the 2farmer to mourning And 34professional mourners to lamentation.17And in all the 5vineyards there is wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

18Alas, you who are longing for the 6day of the Lord, For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be 7darkness and not light;

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 5:16 Jer 9:10, 18-20; Amos 8:3 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 5:16 Joel 1:11 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 5:16 Lit those who know lamentation ↩
  4. 4. Amos 5:16 2 Chr 35:25; Jer 9:17 ↩
  5. 5. Amos 5:17 Is 16:10; Jer 48:33 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 5:18 Is 5:19; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 5:18 Is 5:30; Joel 2:2 ↩

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