Amos 5:20

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Won’t the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, gloom with no brightness in it?

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  • Isa 13:10 : 10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  • Nah 1:8 : 8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his enemies into darkness.
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him out into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  • Rev 16:10 : 10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in agony,
  • Job 3:4-6 : 4 May that day be darkness; may God above not seek it, nor let light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not be joined to the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go, never to return, to a land of darkness and deep shadow. 22 A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

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  • Amos 5:18-19
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    86%

    18Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you desire it? The day of the Lord will be darkness and not light.

    19It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6On that day, there will be no light; the precious lights will diminish and freeze.

    7It will be a unique day—known only to the Lord—not day nor night, but at evening time there will be light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
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    81%

    14The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; there, even the mighty warrior cries out.

    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness.

  • Isa 5:30
    81%

    30On that day, they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by the clouds.

  • Job 3:4-7
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    80%

    4May that day be darkness; may God above not seek it, nor let light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and deep shadow claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

    6As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not be joined to the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

    7Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice enter it.

  • Isa 13:9-10
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    78%

    9See, the day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and to destroy the sinners within it.

    10The stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened as it rises, and the moon will not shine its light.

  • Mic 3:6
    78%

    6Therefore night will come over you—without visions; the darkness will fall—without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will grow dark for them.

  • Amos 8:9-10
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    78%

    9'On that day,' declares the Lord God, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.'

    10'I will turn your festivals into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will cover everyone's waists with sackcloth and shave every head bald. I will make it like mourning for an only son and its end like a bitter day.'

  • Job 18:5-6
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    77%

    5Indeed, the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the flame of his fire will not shine.

    6The light in his tent will grow dark, and the lamp above him will be extinguished.

  • Job 10:22
    77%

    22A land of gloom like deep darkness, a land of shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.

  • Jer 13:16
    77%

    16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the darkening mountains. You hope for light, but He will turn it to gloom and thick darkness.

  • Joel 2:2
    77%

    2It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, a great and mighty army comes, unlike any seen before, and none will be seen again for generations to follow.

  • Joel 3:15
    77%

    15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

  • Job 5:14
    76%

    14They encounter darkness by day and grope in the noonday as if it were night.

  • Ezek 32:8
    76%

    8All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Job 17:12
    76%

    12They make night into day: ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the presence of darkness.

  • Joel 1:15
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    15Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

  • Job 3:9
    75%

    9Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

  • Joel 2:31
    74%

    31The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.

  • Lam 3:2
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    2He has driven me away and brought me into darkness, not into light.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16In the darkness, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For to them, the morning is like deep darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11If I say, 'Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,'

    12even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

  • Isa 50:10
    73%

    10Who among you fears the LORD and listens to the voice of his servant? Let the one who walks in darkness, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

  • Amos 5:21
    73%

    21I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no pleasure in your solemn assemblies.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!

  • Joel 2:10
    73%

    10Before them, the earth quakes, the heavens tremble. The sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

  • Hos 9:5
    73%

    5What will you do on the day of your appointed festival, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

  • Acts 2:20
    73%

    20The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

  • Isa 60:19
    73%

    19The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

  • Job 20:26
    73%

    26Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

  • Isa 59:9
    72%

    9Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22There is no darkness or deep shadow where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 38:19
    72%

    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

  • Eccl 5:17
    72%

    17Behold, what I have seen is good and fitting: to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all one's labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him, for this is his reward.

  • Isa 60:2
    72%

    2For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations, but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

  • Isa 8:20
    71%

    20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

  • Job 15:23
    71%

    23He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    71%

    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that this day should surprise you like a thief.