New American Standard Bible 1995
Amos 5:16-20
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;19As when a man 8flees from a lion And a bear meets him, 9Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.20Will not the day of the Lord be 10darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?
Notes
- 1. Amos 5:16 Jer 9:10, 18-20; Amos 8:3 ↩
- 2. Amos 5:16 Joel 1:11 ↩
- 3. Amos 5:16 Lit those who know lamentation ↩
- 4. Amos 5:16 2 Chr 35:25; Jer 9:17 ↩
- 5. Amos 5:17 Is 16:10; Jer 48:33 ↩
- 6. Amos 5:18 Is 5:19; Jer 30:7; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
- 7. Amos 5:18 Is 5:30; Joel 2:2 ↩
- 8. Amos 5:19 Job 20:24; Is 24:17, 18; Jer 15:2, 3; 48:44 ↩
- 9. Amos 5:19 Or Then ↩
- 10. Amos 5:20 Is 13:10; Zeph 1:15 ↩
Commentaries on Amos 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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