The Day of the Lord Is Darkness and Exile Foretold
Amos 5:18-27
18Woe to those who desire the day of the LORD! Why does this day of the LORD belong to you? It is darkness and not light.19As when a man flees from the face of the lion and a bear falls upon him, he enters the house, places his hand upon the wall, and a serpent bites him,20Is not the day of the LORD darkness and not light, and gloom and not brightness for it?21I hate and reject your feasts, and I will not smell your assemblies.22For if you bring burnt offerings and your offerings to me, I will not accept them, and I will not regard the peace offering of your fatlings.23Remove from me the crowd of your song, and I will not hear the melody of your harp.24Let justice roll like water and righteousness like a strong torrent.25You brought the sacrifice and the offering to me in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel.26You raised Sikkuth your Molech and Kiyyun your image, the star of your God that you made for yourselves.27I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the LORD God of Hosts.