Isaiah 13:6
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Joel 1:15
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15 (A)Alas for the day!
For (B)the day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Zephaniah 1:7
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7 (A)Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;
(B)For the day of the Lord is at hand,
For (C)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
He has [a]invited His guests.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 1:7 Lit. set apart, consecrated
Amos 5:18
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18 (A)Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is (B)the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
Isaiah 13:9
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9 Behold, (A)the day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy (B)its sinners from it.
Revelation 18:10
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10 standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, (A)‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! (B)For in one hour your judgment has come.’
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1 Thessalonians 5:2-3
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2 For you yourselves know perfectly that (A)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (B)sudden destruction comes upon them, (C)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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Joel 2:11
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11 (A)The Lord gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
(B)For strong is the One who executes His word.
For the (C)day of the Lord is great and very terrible;
(D)Who can endure it?
Ezekiel 30:2-3
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2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
(A)“Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’
3 For (B)the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
Jeremiah 51:8
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8 Babylon has suddenly (A)fallen and been destroyed.
(B)Wail for her!
(C)Take balm for her pain;
Perhaps she may be healed.
Isaiah 34:8
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8 For it is the day of the Lord’s (A)vengeance,
The year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isaiah 2:12
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12 For the day of the Lord of hosts
Shall come upon everything proud and lofty,
Upon everything lifted up—
And it shall be brought low—
James 5:1
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Rich Oppressors Will Be Judged
5 Come now, you (A)rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
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Malachi 4:5
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5 Behold, I will send you (A)Elijah the prophet
(B)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Zephaniah 2:2-3
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2 Before the decree is issued,
Or the day passes like chaff,
Before the Lord’s fierce anger comes upon you,
Before the day of the Lord’s anger comes upon you!
3 (A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 1:14
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14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near;
It is near and hastens quickly.
The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter;
There the mighty men shall cry out.
Joel 2:31
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31 (A)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
(B)Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
Joel 1:13
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Mourning for the Land
13 (A)Gird yourselves and lament, you priests;
Wail, you who minister before the altar;
Come, lie all night in sackcloth,
You who minister to my God;
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 1:5
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5 Awake, you (A)drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you drinkers of wine,
Because of the new wine,
(B)For it has been cut off from your mouth.
Isaiah 14:31
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31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his [a]appointed times.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:31 Or ranks
Job 31:23
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23 For (A)destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
Joel 1:11
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11 (A)Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Ezekiel 21:12
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12 “Cry and wail, son of man;
For it will be against My people,
Against all the princes of Israel.
Terrors including the sword will be against My people;
Therefore (A)strike your thigh.
Jeremiah 49:3
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3 “Wail, O (A)Heshbon, for Ai is plundered!
Cry, you daughters of Rabbah,
(B)Gird yourselves with sackcloth!
Lament and run to and fro by the walls;
For [a]Milcom shall go into captivity
With his (C)priests and his princes together.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 49:3 See v. 1
Isaiah 65:14
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14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And (A)wail for [a]grief of spirit.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:14 Or a broken spirit
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