The Day of the Lord

(A)Blow a trumpet in (B)Zion;
    sound an alarm on (C)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
    for (D)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,

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(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.

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15 (A)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
    (B)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;

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15 Alas for the day!
(A)For the day of the Lord is near,
    and as destruction from the Almighty[a] it comes.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty

The Glorious Future of Judah

17 (A)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
    (B)who dwells in Zion, (C)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
    and (D)strangers shall never again pass through it.

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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

11 (A)“On that day (B)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then (C)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and (D)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.

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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.

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22 (A)Do you not fear me? declares the Lord.
    Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand (B)as the boundary for the sea,
    a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
    though (C)they roar, they cannot pass over it.

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(A)All these things my hand has made,
    and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
    he who is humble and contrite in spirit
    and trembles at my word.

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For you yourselves are fully aware that (A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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The Day of the Lord Is Near

15 For (A)the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations.
(B)As you have done, it shall be done to you;
    your deeds shall return on your own head.

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(A)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
    and the people are not afraid?
(B)Does disaster come to a city,
    unless the Lord has done it?

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(A)Blow the horn in (B)Gibeah,
    the trumpet in (C)Ramah.
Sound the alarm at (D)Beth-aven;
    we follow you,[a] O Benjamin!

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:8 Or after you

12 (A)The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not (B)the buyer rejoice, nor (C)the seller mourn, (D)for wrath is upon all their multitude.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:12 Or abundance; also verses 13, 14

Disaster from the North

Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,

(A)“Blow the trumpet through the land;
    cry aloud and say,
(B)‘Assemble, and let us go
    into the fortified cities!’

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You also, be patient. (A)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (B)is at hand.

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Lights in the World

12 Therefore, my beloved, (A)as you have always (B)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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16     (A)a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
(B)against the fortified cities
    and against the lofty battlements.

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And he said, (A)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (B)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,

(C)“The end[a] has come upon my people Israel;
    I will never again pass by them.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:2 The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

Set (A)the trumpet to your lips!
    One (B)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (C)they have transgressed my covenant
    and rebelled against my law.

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and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and (A)blows the trumpet and warns the people,

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23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, (A)The days are near, and the fulfillment[a] of every vision.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 12:23 Hebrew word

10 (A)“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! (B)Your doom has come; (C)the rod has blossomed; pride has budded.

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When you blow an alarm, (A)the camps that are on the east side shall set out. And when you blow an alarm the second time, (B)the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. But when the assembly is to be gathered together, (C)you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not (D)sound an alarm. (E)And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And (F)when you go to war in your land against the adversary who (G)oppresses you, then you shall (H)sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be (I)remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

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