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Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַ֕סhashush!H2013 →
מִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
קָרוֹב֙ka.rOv[is] nearH7138 →
י֣וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הֵכִ֧יןhe.Khinhe has preparedH3559 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
זֶ֖בַחZe.vacha sacrificeH2077 →
הִקְדִּ֥ישׁhik.Dishhe has consecratedH6942 →
קְרֻאָֽיו׃ke.ru.'Avinvited [ones] hisH7121 →

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Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.Zechariah 2:13Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”Ezekiel 39:17And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.Zephaniah 1:14The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.Jeremiah 46:10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.Isaiah 34:6The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.1 Samuel 16:5“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.Matthew 22:4Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’Amos 5:18–20Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”Ezekiel 7:10Behold, the day is here! It has come! Doom has gone out, the rod has budded, arrogance has bloomed.Joel 2:11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”Revelation 19:17–18Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,2 Peter 3:10–12But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

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