The Lord’s special day is near. So cry and be sad for yourselves. A time is coming when the enemy will steal your wealth. God All-Powerful will make that happen. {\cf2\super [142]}
Amos 5:18 - Easy To Read Version Some of you want \{to see\}\par the Lord’s special day \{of judgment\}.\par Why do you want \{to see\} that day?\par The Lord’s special day will bring darkness\par not light!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
The Lord’s special day is near. So cry and be sad for yourselves. A time is coming when the enemy will steal your wealth. God All-Powerful will make that happen. {\cf2\super [142]}
People will hear about danger\par and they will be scared.\par Some of the people will run away.\par But they will fall into holes\par and be trapped.\par Some of those people\par will climb out of the holes,\par but they will be caught in another trap.”\par The flood gates in the sky above will open,\par \{and the floods will begin\}.\par The foundations of the earth will shake.\par
Those people say, “We wish God would hurry and do the things he plans to do. Then we would know what will happen. We wish the Lord’s plan would happen soon. Then we would know what his plan is.”
So, the “lion” roars loud like the waves of the sea. And the captured people look at the ground, and then there is only darkness. All light becomes dark in this thick cloud.
Then they will come every day\par to worship me.\par And they will want to learn my ways.\par They will become a nation that lives right.\par They will not quit following\par God’s good commands.\par They will ask me to judge them fairly.\par They will want to go to God\par \{for his fair decisions\}.\par
If they look around them at their land, then they will see only trouble and depressing darkness—the dark sadness of people forced to leave their country. And the people that are trapped in that darkness will not be able to free themselves.
The Lord All-Powerful is angry, so the land will be burned. All the people will be burned in that fire. No person will try to save his brother.
Honor the Lord your God.\par Praise him or he will bring darkness.\par Praise him before you fall on the dark hills.\par You people of Judah are hoping for light.\par But the Lord will turn the light into thick darkness.\par The Lord will change the light into a very thick darkness.\par
The people of Judah continue to ask me questions.\par They say,\par “Jeremiah, what about the message from the Lord?\par Let’s see that message come true.”\par
“This is a very important time for Jacob. {\cf2\super [233]} \par This is a time of great trouble.\par There will never be another time like this.\par But Jacob {\cf2\super [234]} will be saved.\par
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [106]} why do people say this poem about the land of Israel:
Be sad! Why? Because the Lord’s special day is near. At that time, punishment will come like an attack from God All-Powerful.
Before them, earth and sky shake.\par The sun and the moon become dark.\par And the stars stop shining.\par
The Lord calls loudly to his army.\par His camp is very large.\par That army obeys his commands.\par That army is very powerful.\par The Lord’s special day\par is a great and terrible day.\par No person can stop it.\par
The sun will be changed into darkness,\par The moon will be changed into blood.\par And then the great and wonderful\par Day of the Lord will come!\par
“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
They will become thin from hunger. Terrible diseases will destroy them. I will send wild animals against them. Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.
But the Day when the Lord comes again will be a surprise like a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. All the things in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned. {\cf2\super [13]}
Those people will say, “He (Jesus) promised to come again. Where is he? Our fathers have died. But the world continues the way it has been since it was made.”