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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)

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See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(A)

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

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Footnotes

  1. 30.3 Heb lacks of doom

Be silent before the Lord God,
    for the day of the Lord is at hand!
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;
    he has consecrated his guests.(A)

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11 The Lord utters his voice
    at the head of his army;
how vast is his host!
    Numberless are those who obey his command.
Truly the day of the Lord is great,
    terrible indeed—who can endure it?(A)

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16 For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.(A)

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12 The time has come; the day draws near;
    let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn,
    for wrath is upon all their multitude.

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    An end has come; the end has come.
It has awakened against you; see, it comes!
Your doom[a] has come to you,
    O inhabitant of the land.
The time has come; the day is near—
    of tumult, not of reveling on the mountains.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
    their voices are heard as far as Jahaz;
therefore the loins of Moab quiver;[a]
    his soul trembles.

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Footnotes

  1. 15.4 Or the armed men of Moab cry aloud

Brothers and sisters, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!(A)

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

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

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  1. 1.15 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

Listen! The people of Ariel[a] cry out in the streets;
    the envoys of peace weep bitterly.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 33.7 Heb mss: Meaning of MT uncertain