Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
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Isaiah 15:4Heshbon is crying out, and Elealeh; their voice is sounding even to Jahaz: for this cause the heart of Moab is shaking; his soul is shaking with fear.
Isaiah 33:7See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.
Jeremiah 25:36A sound of the cry of the keepers of sheep, and the bitter crying of the chiefs of the flock! for the Lord has made waste their green fields.
Jeremiah 46:5What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 7:6An end has come, the end has come; see, it is coming on you.
Ezekiel 7:12The time has come, the day is near: let not him who gives a price for goods be glad, or him who gets the price have sorrow:
Matthew Henry on Zephaniah 1:8-14
Judgment Predicted. ( b. c. 612.) 7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God : for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. 8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord 's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. 9 In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. 10 And it shall come to pass… Read the whole commentary →