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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A Confession of Wickedness

Therefore (A)justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not reach us;
We (B)hope for light, but there is darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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So justice is far from us,
    and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness;(A)
    for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
Before He brings (B)darkness
And before your (C)feet stumble
On the mountains in the dark,
And while you are hoping for light
He makes it into (D)gloom,
And turns it into thick darkness.

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16 Give glory(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:18 Lit will this be to you, the day

The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(B)
    That day will be darkness,(C) not light.(D)

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20 Will the day of the Lord not be (A)darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?

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20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(A) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(B)

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14 The (A)great (B)day of the Lord is near,
Near and coming very quickly;
Listen, the day of the Lord!
[a]In it the warrior (C)cries out bitterly.
15 That day is a day of anger,
A day of (D)trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of (E)darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There

14 The great day of the Lord(A) is near(B)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
15 That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness(C) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness(D)

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