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.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! - Woe unto you who do not scruple to say in irony, 'We desire that the day of the Lord would come!' - i:e., Woe to you who treat it as if it were a mere dream of the prophets! (Isaiah 5:19; Jeremiah 17:15; Ezekiel 12:22.) To what end is it for you? Amos taking their ironical words in earnest: for God often takes the blasphemer at his own word, in righteous retribution making the scoffer's jest a terrible reality against himself. Ye have but little reason to desire the day of the Lord; because it will be to you calamity, and not joy.