Zephaniah 1 · Verse 15

Zephaniah 1:15

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,
Zephaniah 1:15, King James Version

Zephaniah 1:15 in other translations

BSBThat day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
WEBThat day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
ASVThat 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,
YLTA day of wrath is that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.
DARBYThat day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness,
BBEThat day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.
WebsterThat day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasting and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

What does Zephaniah 1:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. wasteness ... desolation--The Hebrew terms by their similarity of sounds, Shoah, Umeshoah, express the dreary monotony of desolation (see on Na 2:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 That day is a day of wrath - See Isa 22:5 (note); Jer 30:7 (note); Joe 2:2 (note), Joe 2:11 (note); Amo 5:18 (note); Zep 1:18 (note), and the notes there. From the fourteenth to the sixteenth verse inclusive there is a most beautiful amplification of the disasters that were coming on Jerusalem; the invasion, incursion, attack, carnage, confusion, horrible din occasioned by the sound of the trumpet, the cries of the people, and the shrieks and groans of the dying, are pointed out with great force and mighty effect.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zephaniah 1:14-18

This warning of approaching destruction, is enough to make the sinners 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. It will be a day of trouble and distress to sinners. Let them not be laid asleep by the patience of God. What is a man profited if he gain…

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Zephaniah 1:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

י֥וֹםYom[will be] a day ofH3117
עֶבְרָ֖ה'ev.RahfuryH5678
הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
י֧וֹםYoma day ofH3117
צָרָ֣הtza.RahtroubleH6869
וּמְצוּקָ֗הu.me.tzu.Kahand distressH4691
י֤וֹםYoma day ofH3117
שֹׁאָה֙sho.'AhdevastationH7722
וּמְשׁוֹאָ֔הu.me.sho.'Ahand desolationH4875
י֥וֹםYoma day ofH3117
חֹ֙שֶׁךְ֙cho.shekhdarknessH2822
וַאֲפֵלָ֔הva.'a.fe.Lahand gloomH653
י֥וֹםYoma day ofH3117
עָנָ֖ן'a.NancloudH6051
וַעֲרָפֶֽל\׃va.'a.ra.Feland thick darknessH6205

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zephaniah 1:15

  • Joel 2:2

    A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Isaiah 22:5

    For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.

  • Revelation 6:17

    For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  • Jeremiah 30:7

    Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  • Amos 5:18-20

    Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • 2 Peter 3:7

    But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

  • Luke 21:22-23

    For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Job 3:4-8

    Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. …

  • Zephaniah 1:18

    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.

  • Joel 2:11

    And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?

  • Zephaniah 2:2

    Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s anger come upon you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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18; 2:2; Isa 22:5; Jer 30:7; Am 5:18-20; Lu 21:22,23; Ro 2:5; 2Pe 3:7
Re 6:17
a day of darkness.
Job 3:4-8; Joe 2:2,11

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Context

  • Zephaniah 1:14

    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.

  • Zephaniah 1:15

    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,

  • Zephaniah 1:16

    A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

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Zephaniah 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Día de ira aquel día, día de angustia y de aprieto, día de alboroto y de asolamiento, día de tiniebla y de oscuridad, día de nublado y de entenebrecimiento,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce jour est un jour de fureur, un jour de détresse et d’angoisse, un jour de dévastation et de ruine, un jour de ténèbres et d’obscurité, un jour de nuées et d’épaisses ténèbres,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ein Tag des Grimmes ist dieser Tag, ein Tag der Drangsal und der Bedrängnis, ein Tag des Verwüstens und der Verwüstung, ein Tag der Finsternis und der Dunkelheit, ein Tag des Gewölks und des Wolkendunkels,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies iræ dies illa, dies tribulationis et angustiæ, dies calamitatis et miseriæ, dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nebulæ et turbinis,