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Zephaniah 1:14 KJV
Zephaniah · chapter 1 · verse 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.Zephaniah 1:14 · King James Version
Zephaniah 1:14 in context
12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14The 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.
15That 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,
16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hastethmahêrproperly, hurryingH4118 →
- greatlymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- nearqârôwbnearH7138 →
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Nothing could be expressed with more spirit and life, nor in words more proper to startle and awaken a secure and careless people, than the warning here given to Judah and Jerusalem of the approaching destruction by the Chaldeans.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-18