The Day of the Lord

15 Woe because of that day!(A)
For the day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.(B)

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15 Alas for that(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion;(A)
sound the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let all the residents of the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming;(B)
in fact, it is near—

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An Army of Locusts

Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion;(B)
    sound the alarm on my holy hill.(C)

Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord(D) is coming.
It is close at hand(E)

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11 The Lord makes his voice heard(A)
in the presence of his army.(B)
His camp is very large;
those who carry out his command are powerful.(C)
Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful(D)
who can endure it?(E)

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11 The Lord(A) thunders(B)
    at the head of his army;(C)
his forces are beyond number,
    and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;(D)
    it is dreadful.
    Who can endure it?(E)

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood(A)
before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(B)

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness(A)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(B)

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord!(A)
What will the day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.(B)

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(B)
    That day will be darkness,(C) not light.(D)

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20 Won’t the day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,(A)
even gloom without any brightness in it?(B)

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20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness,(A) not light—
    pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?(B)

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