That desire — Scoffingly, not believing any such day would come. To what end — What do you think to get by it? Is darkness — All adversity, black and doleful. Not light — No joy, or comfort an it.
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Amos 5:18
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.