Amos 5:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ People will be ·crying [wailing] in all the vineyards,
    because I will pass ·among you to punish you [^Lthrough your midst; ^Cas the angel of death passed through Egypt (Ex. 12:12)],” says the Lord.

¹⁸ ·How terrible it will be for [^LWoe to] you who want
    the ·Lord’s day of judging [^Lday of the Lord] to come.
Why do you want that day to come?
    It will bring darkness for you, not light.
¹⁹ It will be like someone who runs from a lion
    and meets a bear,
or like someone who goes into his house
    and ·puts [leans] his hand on the wall,
    and then is bitten by a snake.