The day is near when the LORD will sit in judgment; so be silent in his presence. The LORD is preparing to sacrifice his people and has invited enemies to plunder Judah.

A terrible day is coming; no other day can compare with it--- a time of distress for my people, but they will survive."

The day is near, the day when the LORD will act, A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.

Blow the trumpet; sound the alarm on Zion, God's sacred hill. Tremble, people of Judah! The day of the LORD is coming soon.

The LORD thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the LORD! Who will survive it?

The sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

"But before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.

the sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood, before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes.

The terrible day of their anger is here, and who can stand up against it?"

It's all over. This is the end. You are finished.

The end is coming for you people who live in the land. The time is near when there will be no more celebrations at the mountain shrines, only confusion.

The time is coming. The day is near when buying and selling will have no more meaning, because God's punishment will fall on everyone alike.

Now tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, have to say about that. I will put an end to that proverb. It won't be repeated in Israel any more. Tell them instead: The time has come, and the predictions are coming true!

The LORD asked, "Amos, what do you see?" "A basket of fruit," I answered. The LORD said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel. I will not change my mind again about punishing them.

Show a gentle attitude toward everyone. The Lord is coming soon.

Do not complain against one another, my friends, so that God will not judge you. The Judge is near, ready to appear.

In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!

"On that day," says the LORD, "you will hear the sound of crying at the Fish Gate in Jerusalem. You will hear wailing in the newer part of the city and a great crashing sound in the hills.

Now leave me alone to weep bitterly over all those of my people who have died. Don't try to comfort me.

This is a time of panic, defeat, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the Sovereign LORD Almighty has sent it on us. The walls of our city have been battered down, and cries for help have echoed among the hills.

Listen! That loud noise in the city, that sound in the Temple, is the sound of the LORD punishing his enemies!

You moan and cry out in distress because the LORD in his anger has destroyed your nation and left your peaceful country in ruins.

The LORD thunders commands to his army. The troops that obey him are many and mighty. How terrible is the day of the LORD! Who will survive it?

The LORD roars from Mount Zion; his voice thunders from Jerusalem; earth and sky tremble. But he will defend his people.

There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;

His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven as well."

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, and their cry can be heard as far away as Jahaz. Even the soldiers tremble; their courage is gone.

The brave are calling for help. The ambassadors who tried to bring about peace are crying bitterly.

and the towns and fortresses will be captured. On that day Moab's soldiers will be as frightened as a woman in labor.

Then the kings of the earth, the rulers and the military chiefs, the rich and the powerful, and all other people, slave and free, hid themselves in caves and under rocks on the mountains.

The terrible day of their anger is here, and who can stand up against it?"