2 Peter 3:10

Although God is being patient, at the time [MTY] that he has chosen, the Lord Jesus Christ will certainly come back to judge people. He will come back unexpectedly, like a thief [SIM] comes unexpectedly. At that time there will be a great roaring sound. The heavens will cease to exist. ◄The elements/The parts of which the universe consists► will be destroyed by fire, and the earth that God made and everything on it that people have made will disappear (OR, will be burned up).

Translation for Translators

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

9Therefore, you should not think that because Christ has not yet come back to judge people, the Lord God is ◄delaying/slow to do► what he promised. Some people think that this is so, and they say that Christ will never come back. But you should understand that the reason why Christ has not yet come back to judge people is that God is being patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be lost eternally. Instead, he wants everyone to turn away from their sinful behavior.

11Because God will certainly destroy all these things like I just said, you certainly know how you should behave. [RHQ] You should behave ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►

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Cross References

Psalms 97:5The mountains/hills melt like wax in front of Yahweh, the one who is the Lord, who rules over all the earth.

Isaiah 2:12The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a day when he will judge those who are proud, every one of them [DOU], and he will humble them.

Isaiah 34:4The sky will disappear like [SIM] a scroll that is rolled up and thrown away. Stars will fall from the sky like [SIM] withered leaves fall from grapevines, or like [SIM] shriveled figs fall from fig trees.

Joel 1:15Terrible things are happening to us! It will soon be the time when Yahweh, who is the Almighty God, will really punish us, when he will cause us to experience more disasters.

Joel 2:31In the sky, the sun will become dark and the moon will become as red as [MET] blood. Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, appear.

Amos 9:5When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth many people die, and the others mourn for them. It is as though Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like [SIM] the Nile River rises and falls.

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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