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Zephaniah

The Imminent Day of the Lord and Call to Repentance

Zephaniah 1:14-2:3
14The great day of the LORD is near; it is near and very quick. The voice of the day of the LORD is bitter; a mighty man cries there. 15That day is a day of fury, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and thick darkness. 16It is a day of trumpet and shout upon the fortified cities and upon the high corners. 17I will constrain man, and they will go like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD; their blood has been poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. 18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the fury of the LORD; in the fire of his jealousy the land will be consumed, for it is consumption; surely he will make all the inhabitants of the land dismayed.
Chapter 2
1Assemble yourselves and assemble, O nation that is not longed for. 2Before the day passes like chaff; before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the anger of the LORD comes upon you. 3Seek the LORD, all you poor of the land who have done his justice; seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.
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