Amos 5:18 (WEB)
“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
Fathers and councils · 3
Justin Martyr
“Wherefore now they shall be captives, among the first of the nobles who are carried away; and the house of evil-doers shall be removed, and the neighing of horses shall be taken away from Ephraim.’” — editor's note: Amos v. 18 to end, Amos vi. 1–7.
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Basil the Great
“The day of the Lord is darkness and not light.”” — editor's note: Amos v. 18.
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John Chrysostom
“For inasmuch as they continually disbelieved the prophets, and used to say, “Where is the day of the Lord:”and “let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it,”by reason that it was many years before what they said came to pass; to lead them off…” — editor's note: See Amos v. 18; Jer. xvii. 15; Ezek. xii. 22, 27.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 22.