Zephaniah 1:16

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Zephaniah 1:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

15 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,

16 a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.

17 I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.

18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

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Jeremiah 4:20

Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 6:1

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Jeremiah 8:16

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Habakkuk 1:7

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Habakkuk 1:8

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Habakkuk 1:9

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Habakkuk 1:10

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Habakkuk 3:6

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March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

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consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

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