18  Woe unto you that desire the day of YHWH! Wherefore would ye have the day of the YHWH? It is darkness, and not light.

18  Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: darkness and not light.

18  Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? The day of the LORD? For it is a day of darkness and not light.

19  As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

19  As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

19  It is as if a man flees from the face of a lion, only to have a bear meet him; or, he enters a house and leans with his hand against the wall, only to have a snake bite him.

20  Shall not the day of YHWH be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

20  Will not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

20  Such is the day of the LORD; it is darkness and not light; yea, it is a day of thick darkness and no brightness is in it.