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1.14 :The great day of the is near,
 * It is near and hasteth greatly,
 * Even the voice of the day of the ,
 * Wherein the mighty man crieth 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 horn and alarm,
 * Against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
 * And I will bring distress upon men,
 * That they shall walk like the blind,
 * Because they have sinned against the ;
 * And their blood shall be poured out as dust,
 * And their flesh as dung.
 * Neither their silver nor their gold
 * Shall be able to deliver them
 * In the day of the wrath;
 * But the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy;
 * For He will make an end, yea, a terrible end,
 * Of all them that dwell in the earth.


 * Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together,
 * O shameless nation;
 * Before the decree bring forth
 * The day when one passeth as the chaff,
 * Before the fierce anger of the come upon you,
 * Before the day of the anger come upon you.
 * Seek ye the, all ye humble of the earth,
 * That have executed His ordinance;
 * Seek righteousness, seek humility.
 * It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the anger.
 * For Gaza shall be forsaken,
 * And Ashkelon a desolation;
 * They shall drive out Ashdod at the noonday,
 * And Ekron shall be rooted up.
 * Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea-coast,
 * The nation of the Cherethites!
 * The word of the is against you,
 * O Canaan, the land of the Philistines;
 * I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
 * And the sea-coast shall be pastures,
 * Even meadows for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
 * And it shall be a portion for the remnant of the house of Judah,
 * Whereon they shall feed;
 * In the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening;
 * For the their God will remember them,
 * And turn their captivity.


 * I have heard the taunt of Moab,
 * And the revilings of the children of Ammon,
 * Wherewith they have taunted My people,
 * And spoken boastfully concerning their border.
 * Therefore as I live,
 * Saith the of hosts, the God of Israel,
 * Surely Moab shall be as Sodom,
 * And the children of Ammon as Gomorrah,
 * Even the breeding-place of nettles, and saltpits,
 * And a desolation, for ever;
 * The residue of My people shall spoil them,
 * And the remnant of My nation shall inherit them.
 * This shall they have for their pride,