14 *[ver. 7; Ezek. 7:7,12] The great day of the Lord is near,

near and hastening fast;

the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;

*[Isa. 33:7]the mighty man cries aloud there.

15 *See Joel 1:15A day of wrath is that day,

a day of distress and anguish,

a day of *Job 30:3ruin and devastation,

*See Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom,

*See Joel 2:2a day of clouds and thick darkness,

16 *[Jer. 4:19] a day of trumpet blast and battle cry

*[Isa. 2:15]against the fortified cities

and against the lofty battlements.

17 *Jer. 10:18I will bring distress on mankind,

so that they shall walk *Deut. 28:29;Isa. 59:10like the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord;

*Ps. 79:3their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh *[Ps. 83:10]like dung.

18 *Ezek. 7:19;[Prov. 11:4] Neither their silver nor their gold

shall be able to deliver them

on the day of the wrath of the Lord.

*[ch. 3:8] In the fire of his jealousy,

*Ezek. 36:5all the earth shall be consumed;

*[ver. 2, 3]for a full and sudden end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.