Amos 5:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ This is what the Lord, the Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], says:
“People will be ·crying [wailing] in all the streets;
    they will be saying, ‘Oh, no!’ in the public places.
They will call the farmers to ·come and weep [mourning]
    and ·will pay people [^Lthose who know lamentation; ^Cprofessional mourners paid to weep] to ·cry out loud [wail] for them.
¹⁷ People will be ·crying [wailing] in all the vineyards,
    because I will pass ·among you to punish you [^Lthrough your midst; ^Cas the angel of death passed through Egypt (Ex. 12:12)],” says the Lord.

¹⁸ ·How terrible it will be for [^LWoe to] you who want
    the ·Lord’s day of judging [^Lday of the Lord] to come.
Why do you want that day to come?
    It will bring darkness for you, not light.