Zep 1:14-16, Mal 4:1, 5 | ESV | STEP | The great day of the Lord is near , near and hastening fast ; the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter ; the mighty man cries aloud there .

Zephaniah 1:14-16

14 ^aThe great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
^bthe mighty man cries aloud there.
15 ^cA day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ^druin and devastation,
^ea day of darkness and gloom,
^fa day of clouds and thick darkness,
16 ^ga day of trumpet blast and battle cry
^hagainst the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.

Malachi 4:1

The Great Day of the Lord

1 ^{▼▼Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew} “For behold, ^jthe day is coming, ^kburning like an oven, when ^lall the arrogant and ^mall evildoers ⁿwill be stubble. The day that is coming ^oshall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Malachi 4:5

5 ^p“Behold, I will send you ^qElijah the prophet ^rbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.