Zephaniah 1:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord is near—very near and coming fast! That day will be bitter, for even^[a] the bravest soldiers will cry out in despair! ¹⁵ It will be a day of fury, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and destruction, a day of darkness and gloom, a black and cloudy day, ¹⁶ a day filled with the sound of war trumpets and the battle cry of soldiers attacking fortified cities and high towers.