SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:14
¶ Cercano está el día grande del SEÑOR, cercano y muy presuroso; voz amarga del día del SEÑOR; gritará allí el valiente.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zephaniah 1:14
Verse 14. The great day of the Lord is near] It commenced with the death of the good king Josiah, who was slain by Pharaoh-necho at Megiddo, and continued to the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. The great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly , etc.] Not the day of judgment, but the day of God’s vengeance upon the Jews, which yet bore some resemblance to that day of the Lord, and it may be therefore so called; as the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans had some likeness to it, and therefore the signs of the one and of the other are given together by our Lord in ( Matthew 24:1-51) and this was a day in which he would do great things, by the Chaldeans, and against the Jews; and this is represented as very “near”; and repeated again for the confirmation of it, and to arouse the thoughtless and careless about it, and who put away this evil day far from them; yea, it is said to make great haste, and to fly away swiftly, even faster than time usually does; though in common it has wings ascribed unto it: [even] the voice of the day of the Lord ; in which the Lord’s voice will be heard; not his voice of grace and mercy, as in the day of salvation; but of wrath and vengeance, which will be terrible; hence it follows: the mighty men shall cry there bitterly ; not the voice of the mighty men besieging the city, making a hideous noise to animate the soldiers in making the assault, as some; but the mighty men within the city of Jerusalem besieged, who, when they see the city broken up, would be in the utmost terror, and cry bitterly, like women and children, being quite dismayed and dispirited; even the men of war upon the walls, and in the garrisons, with their officers and generals; and if this would be the case with them, how must it be thought to be with others, the weak and timorous?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14-18 - This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinner in Zion tremble; it refers to the great day of the Lord, the day in which he will show himself by taking vengeance on them. This day of the Lord is very near; it is a day of God's wrath, wrath to the utmost. I will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be lai asleep by the patience of God. What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? And what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Let us flee from the wrath to come, and choos the good part that shall never be taken from us; then we shall be prepared for every event; nothing shall separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
קרוב 7138 יום 3117 יהוה 3068 הגדול 1419 קרוב 7138 ומהר 4118 מאד 3966 קול 6963 יום 3117 יהוה 3068 מר 4751 צרח 6873 שׁם 8033 גבור׃ 1368
