Zephaniah 1:15
13 Therefore 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.
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.
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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- KJV
- 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,
- WEB
- That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- ASV
- 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,
- DARBY
- That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness,
- BLB
- A day of wrath [is] that day, a day of adversity and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness,
- ÅB
- En vredes dag er den dag, en dag med nød og trengsel, en dag med omstyrtelse og ødeleggelse, en dag med mørke og mulm, en dag med skyer og skodde,
- OTB
- Den dagen vil være en vredens dag,
en dag med trengsel og angst,
en dag med ødeleggelse og øde,
en dag med mørke og dysterhet,
en dag med skyer og tett mørke, - B1930
- En vredes dag er den dag, en dag med nød og trengsel, en dag med omstyrtelse og ødeleggelse, en dag med mørke og mulm, en dag med skyer og skodde,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:5
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Read in contextRevelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Read in contextJeremiah 30:7
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Read in contextAmos 5:18–20
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Read in context2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Read in contextLuke 21:22–23
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Read in contextRomans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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