Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 5:18
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Amos5:18
18 Wo unto you that desire the day of the LORD ; to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness , and not light .
Scoffingly, or not believing any such day would come, the Prophets had long threatned such a day, but these scoffers thought no such thing could overtake them, and if it did they would know the worst of it, alter their course they will not, whatever comes on it, and they are confident the Prophets fright them with bug-bears, but wo to such scoffers.
Vid. Joel 1.15. and 2.2. and Zeph. 1.15.
What do you think to get by it? What good can you expect when darkest calamities overwhelm you?
All adversi[illegible: 1 letter]y most black and doleful, therefore called in the abstract darkness.
No joy, hope or comfort in it.
Marginal references: Isa. 5.19. Jer. 17.15. and 30.7. 2 Pet. 3.4.
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