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Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why would you have the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
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Identity is Not a Shield
Commentators explain that the Israelites wrongly believed their status as God's chosen people guaranteed their safety. They desired the "Day of the Lord," presuming it meant victory for them. Amos warns that religious heritage or outward piety without genuine repentance is a false and dangerous security, as God's judgment is for the unrighteous, even those within His own covenant people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Woe to you that desire â for yourselves.
The Day of the Lord â There were âmockers in those daysâ ([Reference 2 PeterâŚ
19th Century
Anglican
Desire the day of the Lord.â Expecting that day to bring you deliverance and judgments upon your enemies. It will bring the reversâŚ
Baptist
The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light, for such as you, impenitent, unjust, graceless sinners. The day of the Lord will âŚ
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16th Century
Protestant
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 IsâŚ
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord Either the day of Christ's coming in the flesh, as Cocceius interprets it; aâŚ
Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusionâlike some who long for changes, hoping to rise on âŚ
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