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Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand—

The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord .

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

Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord ! Why do you long for the day of the Lord ? That day will be darkness, not light.

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light— pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

"The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.

Be silent before the Sovereign Lord , for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

"On the day of the Lord 's sacrifice I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all those clad in foreign clothes.

The great day of the Lord is near— near and coming quickly. The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter; the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord 's wrath." In the fire of his jealousy the whole earth will be consumed, for he will make a sudden end of all who live on the earth.

before the decree takes effect and that day passes like windblown chaff, before the Lord 's fierce anger comes upon you, before the day of the Lord 's wrath comes upon you.

Seek the Lord , all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord 's anger.

A day of the Lord is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.

"See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.