Zephaniah 1:14-18

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴The ^(A)great ^(B)day of the Lord is near,
Near and coming very quickly;
Listen, the day of the Lord!
^[a]In it the warrior ^(C)cries out bitterly.
¹⁵That day is a day of anger,
A day of ^(D)trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of ^(E)darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
¹⁶A day of ^(F)trumpet and battle cry
Against the ^(G)fortified cities
And the high corner towers.
¹⁷I will bring ^(H)distress on mankind
So that they will walk ^(I)like those who are blind,
Because they have sinned against the Lord;
And their ^(J)blood will be poured out like dust,
And their ^(K)flesh like dung.
¹⁸Neither their ^(L)silver nor their gold
Will be able to save them
On the day of the Lord’s anger;
And ^(M)all the earth will be devoured
By the fire of His jealousy,
For He will ^(N)make a complete end,
Indeed a horrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There

Zephaniah 1:14-18

New International Version

¹⁴The 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.
¹⁵That 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)
¹⁸Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”^(K)