Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [a]See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.(A)
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- 4.1 3.19 in Heb
2 Thessalonians 1:8
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8 in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(A)
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)
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Malachi 3:2
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2 But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A)
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Isaiah 47:14
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14 See, they are like stubble;
the fire consumes them;
they cannot deliver themselves
from the power of the flame.
No coal for warming oneself is this,
no fire to sit before!(A)
Isaiah 5:24
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Foreign Invasion Predicted
24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will become rotten,
and their blossom go up like dust,
for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts
and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.(A)
Obadiah 18
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18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
and there shall be no survivor of the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
Malachi 3:15
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15 Now we count the arrogant happy; evildoers not only prosper, but when they put God to the test they escape.”(A)
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Zephaniah 1:18
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18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath;
in the fire of his passion
the whole earth shall be consumed,
for a full, a terrible end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.(A)
Isaiah 2:12-17
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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(B)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(C)
15 against every high tower
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish
and against all the highly prized vessels.(D)
17 The haughtiness of people shall be humbled,
and the pride of everyone shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.(E)
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- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
Job 18:16
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16 Their roots dry up beneath,
and their branches wither above.(A)
Luke 21:20
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The Destruction of Jerusalem Foretold
20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.[a](A)
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- 21.20 Or is at hand
Luke 19:43
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43 Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.(A)
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Matthew 3:12
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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”(A)
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Malachi 4:5
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5 See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(A)
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Malachi 3:18
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18 Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.(A)
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Zechariah 14:1
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Future Warfare and Final Victory
14 See, a day is coming for the Lord, when the plunder taken from you will be divided in your midst.(A)
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Zephaniah 1:14
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The Great Day of the Lord
14 The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
the warrior cries aloud there.(A)
Nahum 1:10
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10 Like thorns they are entangled;
like drunkards they are drunk;
they are consumed like dry straw.(A)
Nahum 1:5-6
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5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the world and all who live in it.(A)
6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(B)
Joel 2:1
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2 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sound the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—(A)
Exodus 15:7
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7 In the greatness of your majesty you overthrew your adversaries;
you sent out your fury; it consumed them like stubble.(A)
Joel 2:31
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31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(A)
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Amos 2:9
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9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of cedars
and who was as strong as oaks;
I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.(A)
Ezekiel 7:10
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10 See, the day! See, it comes!
Your doom[a] has gone out.
The rod has blossomed; pride has budded.
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- 7.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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