Amos 5:16-20

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ Therefore, this is what the Lord says,
    the God of Armies, who is the Lord:
    In the city squares there will be grief,
    and in the streets they will say, “Woe, woe!”
    They will summon the farmer to mourn
    and the professional mourners to sing laments.
¹⁷ In all the vineyards there will be grief,
    because I will pass through your midst, says the Lord.

¹⁸ Woe to those who long for the Day of the Lord!
    What good will the Day of the Lord be for you?
    It will be darkness and not light.
¹⁹ It will be as if a man flees from a lion,
    but a bear meets him,
    or he enters a house and rests his hand on a wall,
    but a snake bites him.
²⁰ Will not the Day of the Lord be darkness and not light,
    gloom without a trace of brightness?