Amos 5:18-20

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁸ Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!
    Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light;
¹⁹     as if someone fled from a lion,
    and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
    and was bitten by a snake.
²⁰ Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
    and gloom with no brightness in it?