Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Amos 5:18 in English Standard Version "Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light," Joe 1:15 Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes. Joe 2:1 Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,