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Amos 5:17-19
New International Reader's Version
Amos 5:17-19
New International Reader's Version
17 Workers will cry in all the vineyards.
That’s because I will punish you,”
says the Lord.
The Day of the Lord Is Coming
18 How terrible it will be for you
who long for the day of the Lord!
Why do you want it to come?
That day will be dark, not light.
19 It will be like a man running away from a lion
only to meet a bear.
He enters his house and rests his hand on a wall
only to be bitten by a snake.
Amos 5:17-19
New International Version
Amos 5:17-19
New International Version
17 There will be wailing(A) in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through(B) your midst,”
says the Lord.(C)
The Day of the Lord
18 Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!(D)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(E)
That day will be darkness,(F) not light.(G)
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
only to meet a bear,(H)
as though he entered his house
and rested his hand on the wall
only to have a snake bite him.(I)
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