Amos 5:18 meaning and explanation

Woe 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.

Amos 5:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Amos speaks to prosperous Israelites in the northern kingdom who expected the Day of the LORD to be a day of victory and vindication for them. They assumed God's intervention would mean light and deliverance.

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