The Day of the Lord will be a unique day, a terrifying day. It will be the day of the Rapture for the saints and the day of God’s wrath on the unbelievers of the whole earth. Scripture details it in many verses throughout the Bible.
This series is a compilation of Scripture verses containing the phrases: those days, in that day, the day and the last days, to better illustrate all that will happen on – the Day of the Lord. A great deal of understanding can be obtained by this word study.
Part Two concentrates on the Old Testament from the prophets Jeremiah to Malachi and what they had to write, as inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Jeremiah 23:19-20
“Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; I will swirl down on the head of the wicked. 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.”
Jeremiah 25:33
“Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.”
Jeremiah 30:7
‘Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it.’
Jeremiah 30:8-9
‘It shall come about on that day,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves. 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.”
Jeremiah 30:23-24
“Behold, the tempest of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, A sweeping tempest; It will burst on the head of the wicked. 24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and until He has accomplished The intent of His heart; In the latter days you will understand this.”
Jeremiah 33:15-16
“In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. 16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the LORD is our righteousness.”
Jeremiah 46:10
“For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the sword will devour and be satiated And drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a slaughter for the Lord GOD of hosts, In the land of the north by the river Euphrates.”
Jeremiah 49:21-22
“Th earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.”
Jeremiah 49:26
“Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of hosts.”
Jeremiah 50:4-5
“In those days and at that time,” declares the LORD, “the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their God they will seek. 5 They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.”
Jeremiah 50:20
“In those days and at that time,’ declares the LORD, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I Leave as a remnant.’ “
Jeremiah 50:30
“Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 50:31-32
“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, “For your day has come, The time when I will punish you. 32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; “And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all his environs.”
Ezekiel 27:27
“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.”
Ezekiel 30:2-3
2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’ 3 “For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.”
Ezekiel 38:14
“Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it?”
Ezekiel 38:16-17
“…and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog.” 17 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them?”
Ezekiel 38:18
“It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “that My fury will mount up in My anger.”
Ezekiel 38:19
“In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.”
Ezekiel 39:7-8
7 “My holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 “Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord GOD. “That is the day of which I have spoken.”
Ezekiel 39:11
“On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog.”
Ezekiel 39:13
” ‘Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 39:22
“And the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God from that day onward.”
Hosea 2:18
“In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety.”
Hosea 2:21
“ ‘It will come about in that day that I will respond,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth…’ “
Hosea 3:5
“Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.”
Joel 1:15
“Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.”
Joel 2:1
“Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near…”
Joel 2:11
“The LORD utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it?”
Joel 2:31
“The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.”
Joel 3:14
“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.”
Joel 3:18
“And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim.”
Amos 2:16
“ ‘Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,’ declares the LORD.”
Amos 5:18
“Alas, you who are longing for the day of the LORD, For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you? It will be darkness and not light;
Amos 5:20
“Will not the day of the LORD be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?”
Amos 8:9
” ‘It will come about in that day,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.’ “
Amos 9:11
“In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old…”
Obadiah 1:15
“For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head.”
Micah 4:1
“And it will come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the peoples will stream to it.”
Micah 4:6
“ ‘In that day,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will assemble the lame And gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted.’ “
Zephaniah 1:14
“Near is the great day of the LORD, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the LORD! In it the warrior cries out bitterly.”
Zephaniah 1:15
“A day of wrath is that day, A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness…”
Zephaniah 1:18
“Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the LORD’S wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.”
Zephaniah 2:2
“Before the decree takes effect — The day passes like the chaff– Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD’S anger comes upon you.”
Zephaniah 2:3
“Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD’S anger.”
Zephaniah 3:8
“Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.”
Zephaniah 3:11
“In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.”
Zephaniah 3:16-17
“In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: “Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp. 17 The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.”
Zechariah 3:8-9
“For behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch. 9 For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,’ declares the LORD of hosts, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.”
Zechariah 8:23
“Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
Zechariah 9:11-12
“As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you.”
Zechariah 9:16
“And the LORD their God will save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land.”
“It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.”
Zechariah 12:4
” ‘In that day,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.’ “
Zechariah 12:6
“In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 12:8
“In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them.”
Zechariah 12:9
“And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”
Zechariah 13:1
“In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity.”
Zechariah 13:2
“It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.”
Zechariah 14:3
“Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle.”
Zechariah 14:4
In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.”
Zechariah 14:6
“In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle.”
Zechariah 14:7
“For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.”
Zechariah 14:8
“And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.””
Zechariah 14:9
“And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one.”
Zechariah 14:13
“It will come about in that day that a great panic from the LORD will fall on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one will be lifted against the hand of another.”
Malachi 3:16-17
“Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name. 17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.””
Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
Malachi 4:3
” ‘You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,’ says the LORD of hosts.”
Great and dreadful will be the Day of the Lord.
