“The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.” Zephaniah 1:2, 3, 8-18. {9T 95.5}

»Nær er Herrens Dag, den store, den er nær og kommer hastigt. Hør, Herrens Dag, den bitre! Da udstøder Helten Skrig. Den Dag er en Vredens Dag, en Trængselens og Nødens Dag, en Ødelæggelsens og Ødets Dag, en Mørkets og Mulmets Dag, en Skyernes og Tågens Dag, en Hornets og (96) Krigsskrigets Dag imod de faste Stæder og imod de knejsende Tinder. Over Menneskene bringer jeg Trængsel; som blinde vanker de om, fordi de synded mod Herren. Deres Blod øses ud som Støv, deres Livssaft ligesom Skarn. Hverken deres Sølv eller Guld evner at frelse dem på Herrens Vredes Dag, når hele jorden fortæres af hans Nidkærheds Ild; thi Undergang, ja brat Tilintetgørelse bringer jeg over alle, som bor på jorden.« Zef. 1,2-3, 8-18