OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 19

Amos 5:19

As if a man fled from a lion,

and a bear met him;

or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall,

and a snake bit him.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Amos 5:19 in context

Amos 5:16–22

Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says:

“Wailing will be in all the wide ways.

They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’

They will call the farmer to mourning,

and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

In all vineyards there will be wailing,

for I will pass through the middle of you,” says the LORD.

“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!

Why do you long for the day of the LORD?

It is darkness,

and not light.

Selected verse

As if a man fled from a lion,

and a bear met him;

or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall,

and a snake bit him.

Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light?

Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

I hate, I despise your feasts,

and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.

Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings,

I will not accept them;

neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

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