Zephaniah 1:15 KJV

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Matthew Henry

  • Distress from the approaching judgmentsThis 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 will show...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
  • Isaiah 22:5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
  • Amos 5:18–20 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. …
  • Job 3:4–8 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. …
  • Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • That day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct הַהוּא hahûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular · with the
  • a day הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • of wrath עֶבְרָה ʿebrâ עֶבְרָה Noun · feminine singular
  • a day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of trouble צָרָה ṣārâ צָרָה Noun · feminine singular
  • and distress וּמְצוּקָה ûmĕṣûqâ מְצוּקָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • a day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of wasteness שֹׁאָה šōʾâ שׁוֹא Noun · feminine singular
  • and desolation וּמְשׁוֹאָה ûmĕšôʾâ מְשׁוֹאָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • a day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of darkness חֹשֶׁךְ ḥōšek חֹשֶׁךְ Noun · masculine singular
  • and gloominess וַאֲפֵלָה waʾăpēlâ אֲפֵלָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • a day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of clouds עָנָן ʿānān עָנָן Noun · masculine singular
  • and thick darkness וַעֲרָפֶל waʿărāpel עֲרָפֶל Noun · masculine singular · with and

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