Amos 5:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amos 5:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Zephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Job 10:21-22
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; …
Jude 1:13
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

Topics

Chastisement Darkness God Judgments Penalty Plague Punishment Vengeance

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16-20)

Here is, I. A very terrible threatening of destruction approaching, Amos 5:16, 17. Since they would not take the right course to obtain the favour of God, God would take an effectual course to make them feel the weight of his displeasure. The threatening is introduced with more than ordinary solemnity, to strike an awe upon them; it is not the word of the prophet only (if so, it might be made ligh…