Amos 5:13

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Summary

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

An evil

General references

Job 32:16

Proverbs 29:11

Isaiah 36:21

Bible References

An evil

For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

and they said unto him, Thus, saith Hezekiah, A day of distress and rebuke and reviling, is this day, - For children are come to the birth, and, strength, is there none to bring forth.

Therefore, - Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! devising, against this family, a calamity, - from which ye shall not remove your neck, neither shall ye walk loftily, for, a time of calamity, shall it be.

I heard, and I trembled within me, at the voice, my lips, quivered, decay, entered, my bones, and, in my limbs, I trembled, - though I am to find rest, in the day of distress, when their invader, cometh up against the people.

Ere yet the decree, have given birth, like chaff, the day, have vanished, - ere yet shall come upon you, the glow of the anger of Yahweh, ere yet shall come upon you, the day of the anger of Yahweh.

Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, - not as unwise, but as wise, -

For this cause, take up the complete armour of God, in order that ye may receive power to withstand in the evil day, and, all things, having accomplished, to stand!

But, of this, be taking note - that, in last days, there will set in perilous seasons;

General references

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

All his anger, doth a dullard let go, but, a wise man, by keeping it back, stilleth it.

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word, - for the command of the king, it was, saying, - Ye must not answer him.