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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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.

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(A)“Behold, I will send you (B)Elijah the prophet (C)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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“See, I will send the prophet Elijah(A) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.(B)

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    (A)For the day is near,
    (B)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (C)a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for[a] the nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for

For the day is near,(A)
    the day of the Lord(B) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.

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The Day of the Lord Is Near

(A)Be silent before the Lord God!
    For (B)the day of the Lord is near;
(C)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
    and (D)consecrated his guests.

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Be silent(A) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord(B) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(C)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

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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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16 For (A)the Lord himself will descend (B)from heaven (C)with a cry of command, with the voice of (D)an archangel, and (E)with the sound of the trumpet of God. And (F)the dead in Christ will rise first.

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16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(A) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(B) and with the trumpet call of God,(C) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(D)

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

12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer(A) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.(B)

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(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.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10

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.

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(A)Heshbon and (B)Elealeh cry out;
    their voice is heard as far as (C)Jahaz;
therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud;
    his soul trembles.

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Heshbon(A) and Elealeh(B) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(C)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

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Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (A)so that you may not be judged; behold, (B)the Judge is standing (C)at the door.

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Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters,(A) or you will be judged. The Judge(B) is standing at the door!(C)

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20 (A)the sun shall be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood,
    before (B)the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

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20 The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood(A)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

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

15 Alas for that(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a](C)

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  1. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai

Behold, their heroes cry in the streets;
    (A)the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

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Look, their brave men(A) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys(B) of peace weep bitterly.

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