Amos

Amos 5:18

18Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD!

What will the Day of the LORD be for you?

It will be darkness and not light.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Woeה֥וֹיhō·wInterjectionH1945 Ah, Alas, Ha
to you who long forהַמִּתְאַוִּ֖יםham·miṯ·’aw·wîmArticle; Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine pluralH183 incline, desire
the Dayי֣וֹםyō·wmNoun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
Whatלָמָּה־lām·māh-Preposition-l; InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
will the Dayי֥וֹםyō·wmNoun - masculine singular constructH3117 day
of the LORDיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
be for youלָכֶ֛םlā·ḵemPreposition; second person masculine plural
Itהוּא־hū-Pronoun - third person masculine singularH1931 he, she
darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְḥō·šeḵNoun - masculine singularH2822 darkness, obscurity
and notוְלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
lightאֽוֹר׃’ō·wrNoun - common singularH216 light

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Joel 1:15 · Joel 2:1–2 · Joel 2:31 · Jeremiah 30:7 · Malachi 4:1 · Isaiah 9:19 · Malachi 3:1–2 · Isaiah 5:30 · Isaiah 5:19 · Zephaniah 1:14–15 · Isaiah 24:11–12 · Joel 2:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.