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Amos 5:18

Amos 5:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

desire: Isaiah 5:19, Isaiah 28:15-22; Jeremiah 17:15; Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27; Malachi 3:1-2; 2 Peter 3:4

the day of the Lord is: Isaiah 5:30, Isaiah 9:19, Isaiah 24:11-12; Jeremiah 30:7; Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1-2, Joel 2:10, Joel 2:31; Zephaniah 1:14-15; Malachi 4:1; 2 Peter 3:10

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