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Amos 5:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Amos 5:18

Verse 18 of 27

Scripture focus

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.

Amos 5:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 5:18

Theological / Devotional

Woe unto you! The prophet warns those who trust in Israel’s covenant relation with God and think that religious formalism will be acceptable to Him.

That desire. The Israelites expected that the “day of the Lord” would bring them great good — deliverance from their enemies, unparalleled prosperity, a position of eminence among the nations. Amos warned that the day would bring quite the opposite.

To what end? The prophet told the Israelites that, contrary to their expectations, and because of their wickedness, “the day of the Lord” would be a day of trouble and death, when their own nation would be destroyed, and they themselves would be taken into captivity.

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