Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is the day about which I have spoken.
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- KJV Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
- BSB Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.
- NKJV Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,” says the Lord God. “This is the day of which I have spoken.
- NASB Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord God. “That is the day of which I have spoken.
- NLT That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.
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- Ezek 38:17Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Are you he of whom I spoke in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you against them?
- Isa 33:10–12“Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “Now I will lift myself up. Now I will be exalted.
- Ezek 7:2–10“You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
- 2 Pet 3:8But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- Rev 21:6He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
- Rev 16:17The seventh poured out his bowl into the air. A loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
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