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14 Near is the (A)great (B)day of Yahweh,
Near and coming very quickly;
O the sound, the day of Yahweh!
[a]In it the mighty man (C)cries out bitterly.
15 A day of fury is that day,
A day of (D)trouble and distress,
A day of destruction and desolation,
A day of (E)darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom,
16 A day of (F)trumpet and loud shouting
Against the (G)fortified cities
And the high corner towers.
17 I will bring (H)distress on men
So that they will walk (I)like the blind
Because they have sinned against Yahweh;
And their (J)blood will be poured out like dust
And their (K)flesh like dung.
18 Neither their (L)silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the fury of Yahweh;
And (M)all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will (N)make a complete destruction,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

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  1. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There

14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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