Amos 5:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:10 : 10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
  • Nah 1:8 : 8 But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness.
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to his attendants,‘Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!’
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
  • Rev 16:10 : 10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain.
  • Job 3:4-6 : 4 That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it! 5 Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! 6 That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 22 to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

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  • Amos 5:18-19
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    86%

    18The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

    19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

    7It will happen in one day(a day known to the LORD); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.

    15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

  • Isa 5:30
    81%

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Job 3:4-7
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    80%

    4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

    5Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it!

    6That night– let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months!

    7Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it!

  • Isa 13:9-10
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    78%

    9Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

    10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

  • Mic 3:6
    78%

    6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

  • Amos 8:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

    10I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

  • Job 18:5-6
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    77%

    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Job 10:22
    77%

    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Jer 13:16
    77%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Joel 2:2
    77%

    2It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army– there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

  • Joel 3:15
    77%

    15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.

  • Job 5:14
    76%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Ezek 32:8
    76%

    8I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Job 17:12
    76%

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Joel 1:15
    76%

    15How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • Job 3:9
    75%

    9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • Isa 8:22
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    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Joel 2:31
    74%

    31The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”

    12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you.

  • Isa 50:10
    73%

    10Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

  • Amos 5:21
    73%

    21“I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies!

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

  • Joel 2:10
    73%

    10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

  • Hos 9:5
    73%

    5So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the LORD?

  • Acts 2:20
    73%

    20The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

  • Isa 60:19
    73%

    19The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the LORD will be your permanent source of light– the splendor of your God will shine upon you.

  • Job 20:26
    73%

    26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

  • Isa 59:9
    72%

    9Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 38:19
    72%

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Eccl 5:17
    72%

    17Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

  • Isa 60:2
    72%

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

  • Isa 8:20
    71%

    20Then you must recall the LORD’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.

  • Job 15:23
    71%

    23he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    71%

    4But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.