Berean Standard Bible
Amos 5:19
“It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.”
In context
17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.
19It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
20Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
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