Amos 5:18

New International Reader's Version

How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:6

Cry out! The day of the Lord is near. The Mighty One is coming to destroy the Babylonians.

Isaiah 24:18

Anyone who runs away from the terror will fall into the pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the trap. The Lord will open the windows of the skies. He will flood the land. The foundations of the earth will shake.

Isaiah 5:19

How terrible for those who say, “Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”

Isaiah 5:30

At that time the enemy army will roar over Israel. It will sound like the roaring of the ocean. If someone looks at the land of Israel, there is only darkness and trouble. The clouds will make even the sun become dark.

Isaiah 58:2

Day after day they worship me. They seem ready and willing to know how I want them to live. They act as if they were a nation that does what is right. They act as if they have not turned away from my commands. They claim to want me to give them fair decisions. They seem ready and willing to come near and worship me.

Isaiah 8:22

Then they will look at the earth. They’ll see nothing but suffering and darkness. They’ll see terrible sadness. They’ll be driven into total darkness.

Isaiah 9:19

The Lord rules over all. When he gets angry, he will burn up the land. The people will burn in the fire. They will not spare one another.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God. Honor him before he sends darkness to cover the land. Do this before you trip and fall on the darkened hills. You hope that light will come. But he will turn it into thick darkness. He will change it to deep shadows.

Jeremiah 17:15

They keep saying to me, “What has happened to the message the Lord gave you? Let it come true right now!”

Jeremiah 30:7

How awful that day will be! No other day will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved out of it.

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, you have a proverb in the land of Israel. It says, ‘The days go by, and not even one vision comes true.’

Ezekiel 12:27

“Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision Ezekiel sees won’t come true for many years. He is prophesying about a time that is a long way off.’

Joel 1:15

The day of the Lord is near. How sad it will be on that day! The Mighty One is coming to destroy you.

Joel 2:10

As they march forward, the earth shakes. The heavens tremble as they approach. The sun and moon grow dark. And the stars stop shining.

Joel 2:11

The Lord thunders with his mighty voice as he leads his army. He has so many forces they can’t even be counted. The army that obeys his commands is mighty. The day of the Lord is great and terrifying. Who can live through it?

Joel 2:31

The sun will become dark. The moon will turn red like blood. It will happen before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Obadiah 1:15

“The day of the Lord is near for all the nations. Others will do to you what you have done to them. You will be paid back for what you have done.

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Deuteronomy 32:24

I will send them hunger. It will make them weak. I will send terrible sickness. I will send deadly plagues. I will send wild animals that will tear them apart. Snakes that glide through the dust will bite them.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar. Fire will destroy everything in them. God will judge the earth and everything done in it.

2 Peter 3:4

They will say, “Where is this ‘return’ he promised? Everything goes on in the same way it has since our people of long ago died. In fact, it has continued this way since God first created everything.”