Amos 5:20
“Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light?.... The design of such a question is strongly to affirm, that,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Shall not the Day of the Lord be darkness? - He had described that Day as a day of inevitable destruction, such its…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Amos 5:16-20
Here is, I. A very terrible threatening of destruction approaching, Amo 5:16, Amo 5:17. Since they would not take the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
An emphatic repetition of the thought of Amo 5:5, after the illustration of Amo 5:5.
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