Behold, it is coming and it shall be done,” declares the Lord God. “That is the day of which I have spoken.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is the day about which I have spoken.
- 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.
- NLT That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.
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Quick answer
God affirms the day of judgment is coming and certain. What He has spoken will surely be done.
Overview
The Lord declares, 'Behold, it comes, and it shall be done,' identifying this as the day He had foretold. The verse stresses the certainty and imminence of God's appointed judgment. This assurance of a fixed, coming day of the Lord runs throughout Scripture and culminates in the promised return of Christ to judge and to reign.
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Cross-references · 6
- 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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