2 Peter 3:10

However, the day of the Lord will come, unexpectedly like a thief. The heavens will explode with a thunderous roar, and the elements will be destroyed as they are burned up. The earth and everything in it will vanish.

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In The King James Version

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

In Context

9The Lord is not delaying the fulfillment of his promise, as some define delay, but he is being very patient with you. He doesn't want anyone to be lost, but everyone to come and repent.

11Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? You should be living lives that are pure, dedicated to God,

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Cross References

Psalms 97:5The mountains melt like wax in the presence of the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 2:12The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down.

Isaiah 34:4The sun, moon, and stars of heaven will fade away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All the stars will fall like dried-up leaves from a vine, like dried-up figs from a fig tree.

Joel 1:15What a terrible day! For the day of the Lord is near, it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:31The sun will turn dark, and the moon will turn red like blood at the coming of the great and fearful day of the Lord.”

Amos 9:5The Lord God of power touches the earth and it melts, and all who live there mourn. The earth rises up like the Nile River in flood, and then falls again.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:10-11

Destruction of the World. ( a. d. 67.) 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. We are here told that the Lord is not slack —he does not… Read the whole commentary →

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