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Matthew Poole and continuators on Zephaniah 1:14

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Zephaniah1:14

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 n.

Not the day of general Judgment, but the day in which the great God will bring his great Armies against Iudah and Ierusalem, and do great things by those Armies

Appointed, [illegible: 1 letter]oretold, and now actually brought on them by the Lord.

Very near, it is doubled to shew the nearness of it, and to assure us it is so.

Your Enemies eagerness for the prey, your sins and security, and the Lord's justly provoked anger hasten this day.

'Tis within hearing, the sound of it is in mine ears, methinks you might hear it also.

The valiant, and stout hearted among the Iews, they who should support others, shall be ready to sink themselves, and as much need a Cordial themselves.

Their courage broken, they shall cry out most vehemently, or like hopeless Women.

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