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Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Woe to you that desire – for yourselves.

The Day of the Lord – There were “mockers in those days” ([Reference 2 Peter…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Desire the day of the Lord.— Expecting that day to bring you deliverance and judgments upon your enemies. It will bring the revers…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light, for such as you, impenitent, unjust, graceless sinners. The day of the Lord will …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet expresses here more fully what he briefly and obscurely touched upon regarding God's passing through the land. For he shows that the Is…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord Either the day of Christ's coming in the flesh, as Cocceius interprets it; a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusion—like some who long for changes, hoping to rise on …

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