Psa 37:13, Isa 13:6-9, Eze 7:2-12, 12:22-28, Joe 2:1, Zep 1:14-18 | ESV | STEP | but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming .

6 ^cWail, for ^dthe day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike} it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart ^fwill melt.
8 They will be dismayed:
^gpangs and agony will seize them;
^hthey will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
9 Behold, ⁱthe day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and ^jto destroy its sinners from it.

Ezekiel 7:2-12

2 “And you, ^kO son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ^lAn end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. ^{▼▼Or earth} 3 Now ⁿthe end is upon you, and ^oI will send my anger upon you; ^pI will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 4 ^qAnd my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but ^rI will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^sThen you will know that I am the Lord.

5 “Thus says the Lord God: Disaster ^tafter disaster! ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Syriac, Targum); most Hebrew manuscripts Disaster! A unique disaster!} Behold, it comes. 6 ^vAn end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. 7 ^wYour doom ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10} has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. ^yThe time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not ^zof joyful shouting on the mountains. 8 Now I will soon ^aapour out my wrath upon you, and ^abspend my anger against you, ^acand judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 9 ^adAnd my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^aeThen you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.

10 ^af“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! ^agYour doom has come; ^ahthe rod has blossomed; pride has budded. 11 ^aiViolence has grown up into ^aja rod of wickedness. ^akNone of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them. ^{▼▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain} 12 ^amThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let not ^anthe buyer rejoice, nor ^aothe seller mourn, ^apfor wrath is upon all their multitude. ^{▼▼Or abundance; also verses 13, 14}

Ezekiel 12:22-28

22 “Son of man, ^arwhat is this proverb that you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural} have about the land of Israel, saying, ^at‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing’? 23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, ^auThe days are near, and the fulfillment ^{▼▼Hebrew word} of every vision. 24 ^awFor there shall be no more any ^axfalse vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak ^aythe word that I will speak, and it will be performed. ^azIt will no longer be delayed, but in your days, ^baO rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God.”

26 And the word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ^bb‘The vision that he sees is ^bcfor many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^bdNone of my words will be delayed any longer, ^bebut the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.”

Joel 2:1

The Day of the Lord

1 ^bfBlow a trumpet in ^bgZion;
sound an alarm on ^bhmy holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for ^bithe day of the Lord is coming; it is near,

Zephaniah 1:14-18

14 ^bjThe great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
^bkthe mighty man cries aloud there.
15 ^blA day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ^bmruin and devastation,
^bna day of darkness and gloom,
^boa day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 ^bpa day of trumpet blast and battle cry
^bqagainst the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.
17 ^brI will bring distress on mankind,
so that they shall walk ^bslike the blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord;
^bttheir blood shall be poured out like dust,
and their flesh ^bulike dung.
18 ^bvNeither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them
on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
^bwIn the fire of his jealousy,
^bxall the earth shall be consumed;
^byfor a full and sudden end
he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.