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The great day of Yahweh is near. It is near, and hurries greatly, the voice of the day of Yahweh. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
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Judgment is Near and Urgent
The prophet's repetition of "near, it is near and hasteth greatly" is a deliberate tool to shock people out of spiritual complacency. Commentators like Calvin and Gill explain this isn't a distant, abstract event but an urgent reality. God's judgment can arrive with startling speed, serving as a powerful call to reject lethargy and live with sober awareness of God's holiness.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The great Day of the Lord is near - The prophet again expands the words of Joel, accumulating words expressive of the terrors of that Day. H…
19th Century
Anglican
Even the voice of the day. —Better, Listen to the day! What is heard is the cry of the baffled warrior, unable either to …
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet in this verse expresses more clearly what I have already stated—that God would be the author of all the evils that would happen to the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hastens greatly Not the day of jud…
This warning of approaching destruction is enough to make the sinners in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he …
