^14:5Then you will escape⁸ through my mountain valley, for the mountains will extend to Azal.⁹ Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah¹⁰ of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come with all his holy ones with him. ^14:6On that day there will be no light—the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.¹¹^14:7It will happen in one day (a day known to the Lord); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.¹²

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Footnotes

8 For the reading נַסְתֶּם (nastem, “you will escape”) the presupposes נִסְתַּם (nistam, “will be stopped up”; this reading is followed by ). This appears to derive from a perceived need to eliminate the unexpected “you” as subject. This not only is unnecessary to Hebrew discourse (see “you” in the next clause), but it contradicts the statement in the previous verse that the mountain will be split open, not stopped up.
9 Azal is a place otherwise unknown.
10 The earthquake in the days of King Uzziah, also mentioned in Amos 1:1, is apparently the one attested to at Hazor in 760 b.c.
11 Heb “the splendid will congeal.” This difficult phrase ( יְקָרוֹת יְקִפָּאוֹן, yéqarot yéqippa’on) is not clarified by the which presupposes וְקָרוּת וְקִפָּאוֹן (véqarut véqippa’on, “and cold and ice,” a reading followed by , , , , ). Besides the fact that cold and ice do not necessarily follow the absence of light, the idea here is that day will be night and night day. The heavenly sources of light “freeze up” as it were, and refuse to shine.
12 In the evening there will be light. The normal pattern is that light breaks through in the morning (Gen 1:3) but in the day of the Lord in judgment it would do so in the evening. In a sense the universe will be “de-created” in order to be “recreated.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost. And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness. It will be a unique day—a day known only to the Lord—with no distinction between day and night. When evening comes, there will be light.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You will flee by my mountain valley, for the valley of the mountains will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come and all the holy ones with him.

On that day there will be no light; the sunlight and moonlight will diminish. It will be a unique day known only to the Lord, without day or night, but there will be light at evening.

NLTNew Living Translation

You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.

On that day the sources of light will no longer shine, yet there will be continuous day! Only the Lord knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will flee by the valley of my mountains, because the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal, and you will flee like you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. And Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

And then on that day there will not be light, the precious things will congeal. There shall be continuous day—it is known to Yahweh—not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light.

KJV 1900King James Version

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains;

For the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal:

Yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake

In the days of Uzziah king of Judah:

And the Lord my God shall come,

And all the saints with thee.

And it shall come to pass in that day,

That the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord,

Not day, nor night:

But it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

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