The Day of the Lord

 

Isaiah 2:10-19

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• comes with terror

• proud will be humbled

• Yahweh will be exalted

• idols will vanish

• men will flee to caves

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10 Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of Yahweh and the splendor of His majesty. 11 The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day. 12 For the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—13 against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan, 14 against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills, 15 against every high tower, against every fortified wall, 16 against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel. 17 So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day, 18 and the idols will vanish completely. 19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of Yahweh and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

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Isaiah 11:10-12

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• Jesus will stand as a banner for the nations

• the Lord will recover the remnant of His people from all he earth

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10 On that day the Root of Jesse (Revelation 5:5) will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious. 11 On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

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Isaiah 11:15-16

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• Yahweh will make a highway for His remnant to return from Assyria

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15 Yahweh will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals. 16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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Isaiah 13:1-13

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• Yahweh will call His sanctified warriors from the ends of the heavens to execute His wrath and exalt Him

• nations will be gathered together

• terror, pain and anguish will cease all

• sun, moon and stars will be darkened

• proud will be humbled

• sinners will be destroyed

 

1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received: 2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles 3 I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph. 4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! Yahweh of Hosts is mobilizing an army for war. 5 They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—Yahweh and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country. 6 Wail, for the Day of Yahweh is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. 8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. 9 Behold, the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. 11 I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless. 12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of Yahweh of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

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Isaiah 27:12-13

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• great ram’s horn will sound

• Yahweh will gather Israel one by one from Assyria and Egypt

• they will worship Yahweh on the holy mountain in Jerusalem

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12 In that day Yahweh will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. 13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship Yahweh on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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Isaiah 34:1-4

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• Yahweh is angry with all the nations and their armies

• they will be slaughtered and left unburied

• mountains will flow with their blood

• skies will be rolled up like a scroll

• stars will fall

 

1 Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it. 2 Yahweh is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. 3 Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. 4 All the stars of heaven will be dissolved (decay). The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.

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Jeremiah 25:30-33

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• Yahweh will roar loudly from on high over His pasture (Israel) against all the inhabitants of the earth

• Yahweh will bring judgement on all mankind

• slain will be spread all over the earth and will not be buried

 

30 So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘Yahweh will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because Yahweh brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’ declares Yahweh. 32 This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” 33 Those slain by Yahweh on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.

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Joel 1:15-20

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• food will be cut off

• drought and fire

 

15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. 16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. 18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. 19 To You, O Yahweh, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. 20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

 

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Joel 2:1-11

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• blow ram’s horn (trumpet)

• darkness

• great army will appear like horses

• nations will be in horror

• sun, moon and stars will grow dark

• Yahweh will raise His voice in the presence of His army

 

1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) is coming; indeed, it is near—2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come. 3 Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them. 4 Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds. 5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle. 6 Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale. 7 They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course. 8 They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks. 9 They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves. 10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars loose their brightness. 11 The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of Yahweh is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?

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Joel 2:28-32

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• Yahweh will pour out His Spirit on all people

• there will be wonders in heavens and on earth

• the sun and  the moon will turn dark

• everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved

• on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance

 

28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord (Yahweh). 32 And everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has promised, among the remnant called by Yahweh.

 

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Joel 3:9-16

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• call to nations to prepare for war

• nations are called to the valley of Jehoshaphat to be Judged by Yahweh

• call to harvest the grapes

• multitude in the valley of decision

• sun, moon and stars will grow dark

• Yahweh will roar from Zion

• Yahweh will be refuge for His people Israel

 

9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! 10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ 11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O Yahweh. 12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side. 13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. 16 Yahweh will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But Yahweh will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

 

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Amos 5:18-20

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• day of Yahweh will be darkness and gloom

 

18 Woe to you who long for the Day of Yahweh! What will the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) be for you? It will be darkness and not light. 19 It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. 20 Will not the Day of Yahweh be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

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Obadiah 1:15-18

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• it will be done to nations as they have done

• there will be deliverance on Mount Zion

• the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession

• the house of Esau will be set ablaze and consumed by the house of Jacob

 

15 For the Day of the Lord (Yahweh) is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. 16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed. 17 But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession. 18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.”

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