Zephaniah 1:14-16

The Day of the Lord Is Near

¹⁴ _d The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
_e the mighty man cries aloud there.
¹⁵ _f A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of _g ruin and devastation,
_h a day of darkness and gloom,
_h a day of clouds and thick darkness,
¹⁶ _i a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
_j against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.

1. Cross References
   Zephaniah 1:7
   Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near; the Lord has prepared a sacrifice and consecrated his guests.
   Ezekiel 7:7
   Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting on the mountains.
   Ezekiel 7:12
   The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.
   
2. Cross References
   Isaiah 33:7
   Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
   
3. Cross References
   Joel 1:15
   Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 30:3
   Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation.
   
5. Cross References
   Joel 2:2
   A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
   
6. Cross References
   Joel 2:2
   A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
   
7. Cross References
   Jeremiah 4:19
   My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 2:15
   Against every high tower, and against every fortified wall.