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John Gill's Exposition on Amos 5:20

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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[Shall] not the day of the Lord [be] darkness, and not light? etc.] The design of such a question is strongly to affirm, that, in this day of the Lord spoken of, there should be nothing but misery and distress, and no prosperity and happiness, at least to the wicked Israelites, or the unbelieving Jews: even very dark, and no brightness in it? signifying that there should be no deliverance, nor the least glimmering view or hope of it; that the calamity should be so very great, and the destruction so entire, that there should be no mixture of mercy, nor the least appearance of relief.
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