Zephaniah 1:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 15:4

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

Isaiah 33:7

Listen! The people of Ariel cry out in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 66:6

Listen, a roar from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord, dealing retribution to his enemies!

Isaiah 8:22

or they will look to the earth, but they will see only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and they will be thrust into thick darkness.

Jeremiah 25:36

Listen! The cry of the shepherds and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is despoiling their pasture,

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be rescued from it.

Jeremiah 46:5

Why do I see them terrified? They have fallen back; their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste. They do not look back— terror is all around! says the Lord.

Jeremiah 48:41

the towns shall be taken and the strongholds seized. The hearts of the warriors of Moab, on that day, shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Ezekiel 12:23

Tell them therefore, “Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall use it no more as a proverb in Israel.” But say to them: “The days are near, and the fulfillment of every vision.

Ezekiel 30:3

For a day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Ezekiel 7:12

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

Ezekiel 7:16

If any survivors escape, they shall be found on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning over their iniquity.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—

Joel 2:11

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?

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Joel 3:14

Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Joel 3:16

The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Amos 8:2

He said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me, “The end has come upon my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Zephaniah 1:10

On that day, says the Lord, a cry will be heard from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second Quarter, a loud crash from the hills.

Zephaniah 1:7

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.

Malachi 4:5

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

Acts 2:20

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

Philippians 4:5

Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

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.

Hebrews 12:26

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”

James 5:9

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

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.