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NASB					Amos 5:18 ¶ Alas¹⁹⁴⁵, you who are longing¹⁸³ for the ^Aday³¹¹⁷ of the LORD³⁰⁶⁸, For what⁴¹⁰⁰ purpose²⁰⁸⁸ will the day³¹¹⁷ of the LORD³⁰⁶⁸ be to you? It will be ^Bdarkness²⁸²² and not light²¹⁶;
AMPLIFIED 2015					Amos 5:18 ¶ Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the LORD [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]! Why would you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];

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Is 5:19 Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!"

Is 5:30 And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

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183

avah (16a); from an unused word; to incline, desire:--been greedy(1), crave(1), craved(1), craves(1), craving(1), desire(8), desired(2), desires(5), desires*(1), had(1), had a craving(2), longed(1), longing(1), longs(1).

216

or (21c); from 215; a light:--broad(1), dawn(1), dawn*(1), daylight(1), daylight*(1), early morning(1), light(105), lightning(5), lights(2), sun(1), sunlight(1), sunshine(1).

1945

hoy (222d); a prim. interj.; ah! alas! ha!:--Ah(2), alas(11), ho(2), ho there(1), woe(34).

2088

zeh (260a); a prim. pron.; this, here:--another(5), both sides*(1), both*(1), completely*(1), daylight*(1), each side(1), either side(1), ever(3), first woman(1), follows(1), here(29), how*(3), itself(1), just(1), morning(1), now(1), now*(1), one(12), one and another(1), one as well as another(1), one out to another(1), one side and the other(1), one while another(2), one side(11), one thing(1), origin*(1), other(12), other on the other side(1), other side(2), purpose(2), really(2), same(10), side(4), side and on the other(6), similarly(1), so(3), such(13), such a thing(2), then(9), there(4), therefore*(1), these(40), these to this(1), this(1230), this and these(1), this is what(3), this one(22), this side(2), this thing(1), this way(2), this woman(1), those(1), thus(7), thus*(1), today*(1), what(2), what*(3), where(1), where*(1), which(2), which*(2), why*(2).

2822

choshek (365a); from 2821; darkness, obscurity:--dark(5), darkness(73), obscurity(2).

3068

Yhvh (i.e.Yehovah or Yahveh) [217d]; from 1933b; the proper name of the God of Israel:--GOD(314), LORD(6399), LORD'S(111).

3117

yom (398a); a prim. root; day:--afternoon*(1), age(8), age*(1), all(1), always*(14), amount*(2), battle(1), birthday*(1), Chronicles*(38), completely*(1), continually*(14), course*(1), daily(22), daily the days(1), day(1115), day of the days(1), day that the period(1), day's(6), day's every day(1), daylight*(1), days(635), days on the day(1), days to day(1), days you shall daily(1), days ago(1), days'(11), each(1), each day(4), entire(2), eternity(1), evening*(1), ever in your life*(1), every day(2), fate(1), first(5), forever*(11), forevermore*(1), full(5), full year(1), future*(1), holiday*(3), later*(2), length(1), life(12), life*(1), lifetime(2), lifetime*(1), live(1), long(2), long as i live(1), long*(11), midday*(1), now(5), older*(1), once(2), period(3), perpetually*(2), present(1), recently(1), reigns(1), ripe*(1), short-lived*(1), so long*(1), some time(1), survived*(2), time(45), time*(1), times*(2), today(172), today*(1), usual(1), very old*(1), when(10), when the days(1), whenever(1), while(3), whole(2), year(10), yearly(5), years(13), yesterday*(1).

4100

mah or
ma- or
meh (552b); a prim. interrogative and indefinite particle; what? how? anything:--anything(2), how(93), how long(2), how many(3), how many*(2), how often(2), how*(1), if*(1), many(1), nothing*(1), reason*(2), what(405), whatever(5), whatever*(2), where(3), where*(1), which(1), which*(3), who(2), why(196), why*(14).

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