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Zephaniah calls the day “near” and “hastening fast,” marked by bitter cries. He piles up descriptions like wrath, distress, anguish, ruin, devastation, darkness, gloom, trumpet, and battle cry (Zephaniah 1:14–16).
14The 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.
15That 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,
16a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.