Alas! (A)That day is so great
    (B)there is none like it;
it is a time of distress for Jacob;
    yet he shall be saved out of it.

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How awful that day(A) will be!
    No other will be like it.
It will be a time of trouble(B) for Jacob,
    but he will be saved(C) out of it.

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The Time of the End

12 “At that time shall arise (A)Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And (B)there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, (C)everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

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The End Times

12 “At that time Michael,(A) the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress(B) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book(C)—will be delivered.(D)

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The Great Day of the Lord

[a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them.

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  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

12 He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against (A)our rulers who ruled us,[a] by (B)bringing upon us a great calamity. (C)For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

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  1. Daniel 9:12 Or our judges who judged us

12 You have fulfilled(A) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(B) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(C) what has been done to Jerusalem.(D)

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21 For then there will be (A)great tribulation, (B)such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for (C)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.(A)

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect(B) those days will be shortened.

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11 (A)The Lord utters his voice
    before (B)his army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
    (C)he who executes his word is powerful.
(D)For the day of the Lord is (E)great and very awesome;
    (F)who can endure it?

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11 The Lord(A) thunders(B)
    at the head of his army;(C)
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;(D)
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?(E)

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The Coming Day of the Lord

14 Behold, (A)a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For (B)I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and (C)the city shall be taken (D)and the houses plundered (E)and the women raped. (F)Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

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The Lord Comes and Reigns

14 A day of the Lord(A) is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions(B) will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

I will gather all the nations(C) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(D) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(E) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(F)

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26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,

(A)“The Deliverer will come (B)from Zion,
    he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”;

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26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(A) As it is written:

“The deliverer will come from Zion;
    he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

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  1. Romans 11:26 Or and so

19 For in those days there will be (A)such (B)tribulation as has not been (C)from the beginning of the creation that (D)God created until now, and never will be.

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19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world,(A) until now—and never to be equaled again.(B)

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14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near,
    near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
    (B)the mighty man cries aloud there.
15 (C)A day of wrath is that day,
    a day of distress and anguish,
a day of (D)ruin and devastation,
    (E)a day of darkness and gloom,
(F)a day of clouds and thick darkness,
16     (G)a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
(H)against the fortified cities
    and against the lofty battlements.

17 (I)I will bring distress on mankind,
    so that they shall walk (J)like the blind,
    because they have sinned against the Lord;
(K)their blood shall be poured out like dust,
    and their flesh (L)like dung.
18 (M)Neither their silver nor their gold
    shall be able to deliver them
    on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
(N)In the fire of his jealousy,
    (O)all the earth shall be consumed;
(P)for a full and sudden end
    he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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14 The great day of the Lord(A) is near(B)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
15 That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness(C) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness(D)
16     a day of trumpet and battle cry(E)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.(F)

17 “I will bring such distress(G) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,(H)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out(I) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.(J)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”(K)

In the fire of his jealousy(L)
    the whole earth will be consumed,(M)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.(N)

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11 And (A)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (B)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

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11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(A) they will appoint one leader(B) and will come up out of the land,(C) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.

(A)An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. (B)Your doom[a] has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. (C)The time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not (D)of joyful shouting on the mountains. Now I will soon (E)pour out my wrath upon you, and (F)spend my anger against you, (G)and judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. (H)And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. (I)Then you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.

10 (J)“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! (K)Your doom has come; (L)the rod has blossomed; pride has budded. 11 (M)Violence has grown up into (N)a rod of wickedness. (O)None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.[b] 12 (P)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not (Q)the buyer rejoice, nor (R)the seller mourn, (S)for wrath is upon all their multitude.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain
  3. Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14

The end(A) has come!
    The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
    See, it comes!
Doom has come upon you,
    upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day(B) is near!(C)
    There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
I am about to pour out my wrath(D) on you
    and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
    and repay you for all your detestable practices.(E)
I will not look on you with pity;
    I will not spare you.(F)
I will repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.(G)

“‘Then you will know that it is I the Lord who strikes you.(H)

10 “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod(I) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!
11 Violence(J) has arisen,[a]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.(K)
12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(L) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(M)

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  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become

12 “Is it nothing to you, all (A)you who pass by?
    (B)Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
    which was brought upon me,
which (C)the Lord inflicted
    on (D)the day of his fierce anger.

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12 “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?(C)

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