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14 “That terrible day of the Lord is near.
    Swiftly it comes—
a day of bitter tears,
    a day when even strong men will cry out.
15 It will be a day when the Lord’s anger is poured out—
    a day of terrible distress and anguish,
a day of ruin and desolation,
    a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness,
16     a day of trumpet calls and battle cries.
Down go the walled cities
    and the strongest battlements!

17 “Because you have sinned against the Lord,
    I will make you grope around like the blind.
Your blood will be poured into the dust,
    and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”

18 Your silver and gold will not save you
    on that day of the Lord’s anger.
For the whole land will be devoured
    by the fire of his jealousy.
He will make a terrifying end
    of all the people on earth.[a]

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  1. 1:18 Or the people living in the land.

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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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:14 Lit There