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Amos

The Day of the Lord Is Darkness and Exile Foretold

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Chapter 5
18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why would you want this? The day of the LORD is darkness and not light! 19 As when a man flees from the face of the lion and a bear encounters him, and he comes to the house and leans his hand on the wall, and a serpent bites him. 20 Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it? 21 I hate, I reject your festivals, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 For if you offer burnt offerings to me and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fellowship offerings I will not look upon. 23 Remove from me the multitude of your songs and the singing of your lyres; I will not hear. 24 And let justice roll on like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. 25 Did you present the sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness for forty years, house of Israel? 26 And you will bear Succoth your king and Chiun your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. 27 And I will exile you beyond Le'ah to Damascus. The LORD God of Heavenly Hosts has said this; his name.