18|Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.


In Context

15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.|

16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord: |Wailing will be in all the broad ways; and they will say in all the streets, 'Alas! Alas!' and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

17 In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the midst of you,| says Yahweh.

18 |Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.

19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; Or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him.

20 Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord ! Why do you long for the day of the Lord ? That day will be darkness, not light.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? it is darkness, and not light.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:18Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you — the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:18Woe to 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.