Howl, for the day of יהוה is near! It comes as a destruction from the Almighty.
Amos 5:18 - The Scriptures 2009 Woe to you who are longing for the day of יהוה! What does the day of יהוה mean to you? It is darkness, and not light, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness and not light; American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light. Common English Bible Doom to those who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light; Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. |
Howl, for the day of יהוה is near! It comes as a destruction from the Almighty.
And it shall be that he who flees from the noise of the fear falls into the pit, and he who comes up from the midst of the pit is caught in the snare. For the windows from on high shall be opened, and the foundations of the earth be shaken.
who are saying, “Let Him hurry! Let Him hasten His work, so that we see it! And let the counsel of the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl draw near and come, so that we know.”
And in that day they shall growl over it as with the growling of the sea. And one shall look at the earth, and see, darkness and distress! And light shall be darkened by the clouds.
“Yet they seek Me day by day, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the right-ruling of their Elohim. They ask of Me rulings of righteousness, they delight in drawing near to Elohim.
And they shall look to the earth and see distress and darkness, gloom of hard times, and be driven into thick darkness.
The land shall be burned up by the wrath of יהוה of hosts, and the people be as fuel for the fire. A man shall not spare his brother,
Give esteem to יהוה your Elohim before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you are looking for light. He turns it into the shadow of death, makes it gross darkness.
Oh! For great is that day, there is none like it. And it is the time of Ya‛aqoḇ’s distress, but he shall be saved out of it.
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Yisra’ĕl, which says, ‘The days go by, and every vision shall come to naught’?
“Son of man, see, the house of Yisra’ĕl is saying, ‘The vision that he is seeing is for many days from now, and he is prophesying of times far off.’
Alas for the day! For the day of יהוה is near, and it comes as destruction from the Almighty.
The earth shall tremble before them, the heavens shall shake. Sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.
And יהוה shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the doer of His word. For the day of יהוה is great and very awesome, and who does bear it?
the sun is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה.
“For the day of יהוה is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your reward shall come back on your own head.
“For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up,” said יהוה of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch.
“Wasted by scarcity of food, And consumed by heat and bitter destruction, And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With the poison of serpents of the dust.
But the day of יהוה shall come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are in it shall be burned up.
and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all continues as from the beginning of creation.”