NET Bible
"Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?"
— Amos 5:20, NET Bible
“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
“Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? ”
“Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?”
“Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?”
“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
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!
Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.
Take away from me your noisy songs; I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.