2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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Psalms 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth;
Isaiah 2:12For there shall be a day of the LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:
Isaiah 34:4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fade away, as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a fading leaf from the fig tree.
Joel 1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,
Joel 2:31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Amos 9:5For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River; and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;
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 →