Holy Scripture

Zephaniah 1:15

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 15, 16.) The voice of the day of the Lord is bitter: there the strong shall be troubled: the day of wrath, that day shall be a day of tribulation and distress, a day of calamity and wretchedness, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and whirlwinds, a day of the trumpet and the cry against fortified…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Zephaniah

Source: Septuagint

Original

15A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapor,

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In context

13And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them.

14For the great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh.

— Zephaniah 1:15 —

16a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.

17And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.

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