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That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
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A Day of Total Calamity
Commentators explain that the piling up of descriptive phrases—wrath, trouble, distress, desolation, darkness—is intentional. It paints a picture of a comprehensive and inescapable judgment. This day represents the full outpouring of God's wrath against sin, resulting in both the physical destruction of Jerusalem and profound spiritual anguish.
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Zephaniah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A day of wrath - In which all the wrath of Almighty God, which evil angels and evil men have treasured up for themselves for that day, will …
19th Century
Anglican
The judgment, in reference to its destructive character.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That day [is] a day of wrathBoth of the wrath of God against his people for their sins; these judgments being the ef…
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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 …
