Amos 5:20

20 The day of the LORD will be dark, not light. It will be very black. There won't be a ray of sunlight anywhere.

Amos 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 5:20

[Shall] not the day of the Lord [be] darkness, and not light?
&c.] 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.

Amos 5:20 In-Context

18 How terrible it will be for you who long for the day of the Lord! Why do you want it to come? That day will be dark, not light.

19 It will be like a man running away from a lion only to meet a bear. He enters his house and rests his hand on a wall only to be bitten by a snake.

20 The day of the LORD will be dark, not light. It will be very black. There won't be a ray of sunlight anywhere.

21 The LORD says, "I hate your holy feasts. I can't stand them. I hate it when you gather together.

22 You bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings. But I will not accept them. You bring your best friendship offerings. But I will not even look at them.