Amos 5:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁸ Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
    Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light,^(A)
19     as if someone fled from a lion
    and was met by a bear
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
    and was bitten by a snake.^(B)
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
    and gloom with no brightness in it?^(C)