Zephaniah 1:15 meaning and explanation

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Zephaniah 1:15, Berean Standard Bible

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Zephaniah speaks to Judah in the reign of King Josiah, and in verse 15 he piles up paired words to describe the Day of the LORD, the day when God acts in judgment. The Hebrew pairs sound alike and strike like hammer blows: wrath, trouble, distress, destruction, desolation, darkness, gloom, clouds, blackness.

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