Amos 5:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You look forward to the day when the LORD comes to judge. But you are in for trouble! It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:6

Cry and weep! The day is coming when the mighty LORD will bring destruction.

Isaiah 24:18

If you are terrified and run, you will fall into a pit; if you crawl out of the pit, you will get caught in a trap. The sky has split apart like a window thrown open. The foundations of the earth have been shaken;

Isaiah 5:19

And you say, “Let the holy God of Israel hurry up and do what he has promised, so we can see it for ourselves.”

Isaiah 5:30

On the day they attack, they will roar like the sea. And across the land you will see nothing but darkness and trouble, because the light of day will be covered by thick clouds.

Isaiah 58:2

Day after day, you worship him and seem eager to learn his teachings. You act like a nation that wants to do right by obeying his laws. You ask him about justice, and say you enjoy worshipping the LORD.

Isaiah 8:22

and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.

Isaiah 9:19

The LORD All-Powerful was angry and used the people as fuel for a fire that scorched the land. They turned against each other

Jeremiah 13:16

You hope for light, but God is sending darkness. Evening shadows already deepen in the hills. So return to God and confess your sins to him before you trip and fall.

Jeremiah 17:15

The people of Judah say to me, “Jeremiah, you claimed to tell us what the LORD has said. So why hasn't it come true?”

Jeremiah 30:7

My people, soon you will suffer worse than ever before, but I will save you.

Ezekiel 12:22

Ezekiel, son of man, you've heard people in Israel use the saying, “Time passes, and prophets are proved wrong.”

Joel 1:15

We are in for trouble! Soon the LORD All-Powerful will bring disaster.

Joel 2:10

They make the earth tremble and the heavens shake; the sun and moon turn dark, and stars stop shining.

Joel 2:11

The LORD God leads this army of countless troops, and they obey his commands. The day of his judgment is so terrible that no one can stand it.

Joel 2:31

The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before that great and terrible day when I appear.

Obadiah 1:15

The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done.

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Deuteronomy 32:24

You'll be struck by starvation and deadly diseases, by the fangs of wild animals and poisonous snakes.

2 Peter 3:10

The day of the Lord's return will surprise us like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a loud noise, and the heat will melt the whole universe. Then the earth and everything on it will be seen for what they are.

2 Peter 3:4

and say, “Didn't your Lord promise to come back? Yet the first leaders have already died, and the world hasn't changed a bit.”