NET Bible
"The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light."
— Amos 5:18, NET Bible
“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.”
“Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light. ”
“"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.”
“Woe 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.”
“Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.”
“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.”
Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.
Because of Israel’s sins this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:“In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail.
In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.
Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?
“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!