Zephaniah 1:14

Near is the great day of Yahweh, near, and very speedy,—The noise of the day of Yahweh, a strong man—there!—bitterly crying out!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

In Context

13Therefore shall their goods become a booty, and their houses, a desolation,—and they shall build houses, but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

15A day of indignation,—that day! day of danger and distress, day of rush, and of crash, day of obscurity, and deep gloom, day of cloud, and thick darkness;

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Cross References

Isaiah 15:4And Heshbon, hath made outcry, and Elealeh, Unto Jahaz, hath been heard their voice,—For this cause, do the armed men of Moab roar, Every man’s soul, quivereth to him.

Isaiah 33:7Lo! their heroes, have cried out openly,—the messengers of peace, in bitterness, continue weeping [they say]:

Jeremiah 25:36The voice of the outcry of the shepherds! Yea the howling of the illustrious of the flock!—Because Yahweh is laying waste the grounds where they fed.

Jeremiah 46:5Why have I seen it? They, panic-struck, are drawing back, Yea, their heroes, are crushed, Yea they have, fled, and not turned,—Terror round about! Declareth Yahweh.

Ezekiel 7:6An end hath come, Come hath the end It hath roused itself up against thee,— Lo! it hath come.

Ezekiel 7:12The time hath come. The day hath arrived, The buyer, let him not rejoice, and The seller, let him not mourn,— For indignation, is against all her multitude.

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 →

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