12 For a day belonging to the Lord of Hosts is coming
against all that is proud and lofty,(A)
against all that is lifted up—it will be humbled—

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12 The Lord Almighty has a day(A) in store
    for all the proud(B) and lofty,(C)
for all that is exalted(D)
    (and they will be humbled),(E)

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12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

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What will you do on the day of punishment
when devastation comes from far away?
Who will you run to for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?

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What will you do on the day of reckoning,(A)
    when disaster(B) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(C)
    Where will you leave your riches?

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And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

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Look, the day(A) of the Lord is coming—
cruel, with rage and burning anger—
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy the sinners on it.(B)

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See, the day(A) of the Lord is coming
    —a cruel(B) day, with wrath(C) and fierce anger(D)
to make the land desolate
    and destroy the sinners within it.

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Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

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The Lord is angry with all the nations—
furious with all their armies.(A)
He will set them apart for destruction,(B)
giving them over to slaughter.

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The Lord is angry with all nations;
    his wrath(A) is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy[a](B) them,
    he will give them over to slaughter.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.

For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

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For the Lord has a day of vengeance,(A)
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.

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For the Lord has a day(A) of vengeance,(B)
    a year of retribution,(C) to uphold Zion’s cause.

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For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

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to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,(A)
and the day of our God’s vengeance;(B)
to comfort(C) all who mourn,

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to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(A)
    and the day of vengeance(B) of our God,
to comfort(C) all who mourn,(D)

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To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

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For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.(A)
It will be a day of clouds,(B)
a time of doom for the nations.

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For the day is near,(A)
    the day of the Lord(B) is near—
a day of clouds,
    a time of doom for the nations.

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For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the Lord!(A)
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.(B)

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The Day of the Lord

18 Woe to you who long
    for the day of the Lord!(A)
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?(B)
    That day will be darkness,(C) not light.(D)

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18 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.

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Be silent in the presence of the Lord God,(A)
for the Day of the Lord is near.(B)
Indeed, the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(C)
He has consecrated His guests.(D)

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Be silent(A) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord(B) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;(C)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

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Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God: for the day of the Lord is at hand: for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

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