30 And it will (A)roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one (B)looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

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30 In that day(A) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(B)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(C) and distress;(D)
    even the sun will be darkened(E) by clouds.

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25 (A)Do not go out into the field,
And (B)do not walk on the road;
For the enemy has a sword,
(C)Terror is on every side.

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25 Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.(A)

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16 From (A)Dan there is heard the snorting of his horses;
At the sound of the neighing of his (B)stallions
The whole land quakes;
For they come and (C)devour the land and its fullness,
The city and its inhabitants.

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16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(A)
    is heard from Dan;(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(C)
They have come to devour(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

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16 Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says:

“There is (A)mourning in all the public squares,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’
They also call the (B)farmer to mourning
And [a](C)professional mourners to mourning rites.
17 And in all the (D)vineyards there is mourning,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

18 Woe to you who are longing for the (E)day of the Lord,
For what [b]purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be (F)darkness and not light;

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:16 Lit those who know mourning
  2. Amos 5:18 Lit will this be to you, the day

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says:

“There will be wailing(A) in all the streets(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.
17 There will be wailing(D) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(E) your midst,”
says the Lord.(F)

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(G)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(H)
    That day will be darkness,(I) not light.(J)

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