 | Christian Karl Josias Freiherr von Bunsen - God - 1868 - 456 pages
...! to what end is it for you ? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very... | |
 | John Stoughton - 1868 - 352 pages
...advance to meet his God. To him " the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light : as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." The words of the psalm, as expressive of comfort, must come from... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1868 - 374 pages
...And those who are skilful in lamentation to wailing, 17 And in all vineyards shall be sounds of woe, For I will pass through the midst of thee, saith Jehovah. 18 Woe unto them that ask for the day of Jehovah ! What is the day of Jehovah to you ? It shall be darkness, and not... | |
 | Philip J. King - Religion - 1988 - 184 pages
...the "day of the Lord" as a day of inescapable doom for an unfaithful nation, Amos uses this analogy: "As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him" (Amos 5:19), the biblical version of "going from the frying pan into the fire," according to one commentator.... | |
 | William E. Blackstone - Religion - 1908 - 268 pages
...Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very... | |
 | Joseph Blenkinsopp - Religion - 2010 - 268 pages
...Day of Yahweh! Why would you have the Day of Yahweh? It is darkness and not light. As if a man (led from a lion and a bear met him; Or went into the house, leaned on the wall, and a snake bit him. .,. Is not the Day of Yahweh darkness and not light, And gloom... | |
 | Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi - Social Science - 1992 - 234 pages
...history. Some Israelis expressed the idea that they were not that different from their ancestors. flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him" (Amos 5:19). The words of an Old Testament prophet seem to match the... | |
 | Moshe Weinfeld - Bible - 1992 - 492 pages
...sheaves presses down (Amos 2: 13). As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion, etc. (Amos 3: 12). As if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him ... (5: 19). I will shake the house of Israel . . . as one shakes with a sieve (9: 9). Many prophetic... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Religion - 1994 - 344 pages
...wrath be appeased — as He testifies Himself through the Prophet Amos (5.19), 'As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him: or went into the house . . . and a serpent bit him.' Hence the repeated and regular expression in Scripture, 'He promises pardon from... | |
 | Jacob Neusner - Religion - 1995 - 516 pages
...them together as one unit. Did PETIHTA 3 lA R. Judah b. R. Simon opened by citing the following verse: "as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him" (Amos 5:19). B. "'And a bear met him': this... | |
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Woe 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. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit... 
