Amos 5:18 Cross References

Amos 5:18

18: How terrible it will be for you who say, "If only the day of the LORD were here! For then the LORD would rescue us from all our enemies." But you have no idea what you are wishing for. That day will not bring light and prosperity, but darkness and disaster.

Joel 1:15

  1. The day of the LORD is on the way, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

Joel 2:1

  1. Blow the trumpet in Jerusalem! Sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everyone tremble in fear because the day of the LORD is upon us.
  2. It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of thick clouds and deep blackness. Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains, a mighty army appears! How great and powerful they are! The likes of them have not been seen before and never will be seen again.

Isaiah 24:11

  1. Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. Joy has reached its lowest ebb. Gladness has been banished from the land.
  2. The city is left in ruins, with its gates battered down.

Jeremiah 30:7

  1. In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end, they will be saved!

Isaiah 5:30

  1. The enemy nations will growl over their victims like the roaring of the sea. A cloud of darkness and sorrow will hover over Israel. The clouds will blot out the light.

Joel 2:31

  1. The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon will turn bloodred before that great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.

Isaiah 9:19

  1. The land is blackened by the fury of the LORD Almighty. The people are fuel for the fire, and no one spares anyone else.

Isaiah 5:19

  1. They even mock the Holy One of Israel and say, "Hurry up and do something! Quick, show us what you can do. We want to see what you have planned."

Malachi 3:1

  1. "Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming," says the LORD Almighty.
  2. "But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes.

Malachi 4:1

  1. The LORD Almighty says, "The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw on that day. They will be consumed like a tree--roots and all.

Zephaniah 1:14

  1. "That terrible day of the LORD is near. Swiftly it comes--a day when strong men will cry bitterly.
  2. It is a day when the LORD's anger will be poured out. It is a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, of clouds, blackness,

Joel 2:10

  1. The earth quakes as they advance, and the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.

2 Peter 3:4

  1. This will be their argument: "Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created."

Jeremiah 17:15

  1. People scoff at me and say, "What is this `message from the LORD' you keep talking about? Why don't your predictions come true?"

Isaiah 28:15

  1. You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."
  2. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem. It is firm, a tested and precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never run away again.
  3. "I will take the measuring line of justice and the plumb line of righteousness to check the foundation wall you have built. Your refuge looks strong, but since it is made of lies, a hailstorm will knock it down. Since it is made of deception, the enemy will come like a flood to sweep it away.
  4. I will cancel the bargain you made to avoid death, and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave. When the terrible enemy floods in, you will be trampled into the ground.
  5. Again and again that flood will come, morning after morning, day and night, until you are carried away." This message will bring terror to your people.

Ezekiel 12:22

  1. "Son of man, what is that proverb they quote in Israel: `Time passes, making a liar of every prophet'?

Ezekiel 12:27

  1. "Son of man, the people of Israel are saying, `His visions won't come true for a long, long time.'

2 Peter 3:10

  1. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment.
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