Zephaniah 1:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

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  • Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
  • Isa 22:5 : 5 For it is a day of trouble and of trampling down and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
  • Amos 5:18-20 : 18 Woe to 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. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
  • Zeph 2:2 : 2 Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.
  • Luke 21:22-23 : 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
  • Rev 6:17 : 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Jer 30:7 : 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.
  • Joel 2:11 : 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
  • Job 3:4-8 : 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. 7 Behold, let that night be barren, let no joyful shout come in it. 8 Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up their lamentation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zeph 1:14
    88%

    14The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.

  • Joel 1:15
    86%

    15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    84%

    1Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand;

    2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Zeph 1:16-18
    3 verses
    82%

    16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.

    17And 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 like dust, and their flesh like refuse.

    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it.

    10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.

  • Amos 5:18
    82%

    18Woe to 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.

  • Isa 5:30
    82%

    30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.

  • Amos 5:20
    81%

    20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?

  • Ezek 30:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Woe to the day!

    3For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it will be the time of the nations.

  • Isa 13:6
    79%

    6Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Joel 3:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

    15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Isa 22:5
    78%

    5For it is a day of trouble and of trampling down and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

  • Mal 4:1
    77%

    1For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Ezek 7:7
    77%

    7The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains.

  • Amos 8:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:

    10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

  • Obad 1:15
    77%

    15For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your recompense shall return upon your own head.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

    7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

  • Joel 2:31
    76%

    31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

  • Job 3:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Isa 34:8
    76%

    8For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

  • Joel 2:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

    11And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?

  • Zeph 2:2
    75%

    2Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

  • Isa 8:22
    75%

    22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.

  • Zech 14:1
    75%

    1Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.

  • Rev 6:17
    74%

    17For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Jer 4:8
    74%

    8For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

  • Jer 30:7
    74%

    7Alas! 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.

  • Isa 22:12
    74%

    12And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    74%

    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up.

  • Job 21:30
    74%

    30That the wicked is reserved for the day of destruction? They shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  • Isa 30:30
    73%

    30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the coming down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, and hailstones.

  • Zeph 1:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

    10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.

  • Isa 21:1
    73%

    1The prophecy concerning the desert by the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it comes from the desert, from a dreadful land.

  • Acts 2:20
    73%

    20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes:

  • Jer 46:10
    73%

    10For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

  • Jer 23:19
    73%

    19Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

  • Luke 17:30
    73%

    30Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Ezek 7:12
    73%

    12The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

  • Prov 1:27
    72%

    27When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you.