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Amos 5:17-19
New Living Translation
Amos 5:17-19
New Living Translation
17 There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the Lord.
Warning of Coming Judgment
18 What sorrow awaits you who say,
“If only the day of the Lord were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
19 In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he’s bitten by a snake.
Amos 5:17-19
New International Version
Amos 5:17-19
New International Version
17 There will be wailing(A) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(B) your midst,”
says the Lord.(C)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(D)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(E)
That day will be darkness,(F) not light.(G)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(H)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(I)
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