The Great Day of the Lord
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"For behold, a the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all b the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be c stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,"
Says the LORD of hosts,
"That will d leave them neither root nor branch.
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But to you who e fear My name
The f Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
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g You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,"
Says the LORD of hosts.
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"Remember the h Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With i the statutes and judgments.
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Behold, I will send you j Elijah the prophet
k Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
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And l he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and m strike the earth with a curse."
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Cross References
Psalms 21:9
You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time...
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt,...
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before His indignation? And who c...
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of His coming? And w...
Malachi 3:3
He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silv...
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth which are now pre...
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Cross References
Malachi 3:18
Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
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Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
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Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.
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Matthew 4:16
The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.
Luke 1:78
Through the tender mercy of our God, With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us.
Acts 10:43
"To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."
2 Corinthians 4:6
For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.
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Micah 7:10
Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets.
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Exodus 20:3
You shall have no other gods before Me.
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Deuteronomy 4:10
" especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
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Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 17:10 - 13
And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
Mark 9:11 - 13
And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
Luke 1:17
"He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
John 1:21
And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No.
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Cross References
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
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Zechariah 14:12
And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
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Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: 'Every thief shall be expelled,' according to this side of the scroll; and, 'Every perjurer shall be expelled,' according to that side of it.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.