L4.为证实这一点，我在第一章只引用圣言中那些提到“那日”、“到那日或在那日”和“那时”的经文；在这些经文中，“日”和“时”表示主的降临。以赛亚书：
在末后的日子，耶和华家的山，必被坚立于众山之顶。到那日，惟独耶和华被尊崇。万军之耶和华的日子要临到一切骄矜高傲的人身上。到那日，人必抛弃他的银、金偶像。（以赛亚书2:2，11-12，20）
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到那日，主耶和华必除掉她们的装饰。（以赛亚书3:18）
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到那日，耶和华的枝子必华美荣耀。（以赛亚书4:2）
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到那日，它要向他吼叫，人若望地，只见黑暗艰难，光明在废墟中变为黑暗。（以赛亚书5:30）
又：
到那日，耶和华要发嘶声，使埃及江河源头的苍蝇飞来。到那日，主必在河道剃头。到那日，一个人要养活一只母牛犊，两只母绵羊。到那日，凡……的地方，必长荆棘和蒺藜。（以赛亚书7:18，20，21，23）
又：
到察罚的日子，你们怎样行呢？到那日，以色列却要诚实倚靠耶和华以色列的圣者。（以赛亚书10:3，20）
又：
到那日，必有耶西的根立作万民的大旗，外邦人必寻求祂，祂安息之所大有荣耀。尤其到那日，主必再次寻找自己百姓中所余剩的。（以赛亚书11:10，11）
又：
到那日，你必说，耶和华啊，我要称谢你！在那日，你们要说，当称谢耶和华，求告祂的名。（以赛亚书12:1，4）
又：
耶和华的日子临近了！这日来到，好像毁灭从沙代来到。看哪！耶和华的日子临到，必有残忍、愤恨、烈怒和怒气。在祂发烈怒的日子，我必使天震动，地必摇撼，离其本位。她的时候临近，就要到来，她的日子必不长久。（以赛亚书13:6，9，13，22）
又：
到那日，雅各的荣耀必变薄。当那日，人必仰望造他的主，他的眼目看着以色列的圣者。在那日，坚固城必像森林中所撇弃的地方。（以赛亚书17:4，7，9）
又：
当那日，埃及地必有五城的人说迦南的语言。到那日，在埃及地中间必有为耶和华筑的一座坛。当那日，必有从埃及通亚述去的大道，以色列必在这地中间。（以赛亚书19:18，19，23，24）
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到那日，海岛的居民必说，看哪，我们素所仰望的。（以赛亚书20:6）
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主万军之耶和华（使异象谷）有混乱、践踏、烦扰的日子。（以赛亚书22:5）
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到那日，耶和华在高处必察罚高处的众军，地上的列王。多日之后便被察罚。那时，月亮要蒙羞，日头要惭愧。（以赛亚书24:21，22，23）
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到那日，人必说，看哪，这是我们的神，我们素来等候祂，祂必拯救我们。（以赛亚书25:9）
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当那日，在犹大地人必唱这歌，我们有坚固的城。（以赛亚书26:1）
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到那日，耶和华必用祂的剑察罚。当那日，有出纯酒的葡萄园，你们要应答它。（以赛亚书27:1，2，12，13）
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到那日，万军之耶和华必作荣冠华冕。（以赛亚书28:5）
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到那日，聋子必听见这书上的话，瞎子的眼必从黑暗中得以看见。（以赛亚书29:18）
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在大行杀戮的日子，塔楼倒塌的时候，必有溪水涓涓细流。当耶和华包扎祂百姓损处的日子，月光必像日光。
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到那日，各人必将他银、金的偶像都抛弃了。（以赛亚书31:7）
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耶和华的报仇之日，报应之年。（以赛亚书34:8）
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丧子、寡居这两件事在一日之间必临到你。（以赛亚书47:9）
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我的百姓必知道我的名，到那日他们必知道说这话的就是我。看哪，是我！（以赛亚书52:6）
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耶和华膏了我，叫我报告耶和华的恩年，和我们神报仇的日子，安慰一切悲哀的人。（以赛亚书61:1，2）
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报仇之日在我心中，救赎我民之年已经来到。（以赛亚书63:4）
耶利米书：
当那些日子，人必不再提说耶和华的约柜。那时，人必称耶路撒冷为耶和华的宝座。当那些日子，犹大家要和以色列家同行。（耶利米书3:16-18）
又：
到那日，君王的心和首领的心都要消灭，祭司都要惊奇，先知都要诧异。（耶利米书4:9）
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看哪，日子将到，地必成为荒场。（耶利米书7:32，34）
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在察罚他们的日子，他们必在仆倒的人中仆倒。（耶利米书8:12）
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看哪！日子将到，我要察罚一切受过割礼，心却未受割礼的。（耶利米书9:25）
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到察罚的时候，它们必灭亡。（耶利米书10:15）
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没有余剩的人留给他们。因为在察罚之年，我必使灾祸临到他们。（耶利米书11:23）
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看哪，日子将到，人不再说。（耶利米书16:14）
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遭难的日子，我必以背，不以脸看顾他们。（耶利米书18:17）
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看哪，日子将到，我要使这地方成为荒场。（耶利米书19:6）
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看哪，日子将到，我要给大卫兴起一个公义的苗裔，祂必掌王权。在那些日子，犹大必得救，以色列也安然居住。因此，看哪，日子将到，人必不再说……当察罚之年，我必使灾祸临到他们。末后的日子你们要全然明白。（耶利米书23:5-7，12，20）
又：
看哪，日子将到，我要使被掳的人归回。哀哉！那日为大，无日可比。到那日，我必折断轭，挣开绳索。（耶利米书30:3，7-8）
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日子必到，以法莲山上守望的人必呼叫，起来吧！我们可以上锡安，到耶和华我们的神那里去。看哪，日子将到，我要立新约。看哪，日子将到，这城必为耶和华建造。（耶利米书31:6，31，38）
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看哪，日子将到，我必实践善言。当那些日子、那时候，我必使大卫公义的苗裔长起来。当那些日子，犹大必得救。（耶利米书33:14-16）
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到那日，我要使降祸的话临到这城。到那日我必拯救你。（耶利米书39:16-17）
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那日是主万军之耶和华报仇的日子，要向敌人报仇！遭难的日子、察罚他们的时候已经临到他们。（耶利米书46:10，21）
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因为荒废的日子到来。（耶利米书47:4）
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我必使察罚之年临到他。到末后的日子，我还要使被掳的摩押人归回。（耶利米书48:44，47）
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察罚他们的时候，我必使灾殃临到他。她的少年人，必仆倒在街上。当那日，一切兵丁必被剪除。到末后的日子，我还要使被掳的人归回。（耶利米书49:8，26，39）
又：
到那些日子、那时候，以色列人要和犹大人同来，寻求耶和华他们的神。到那些日子，那时候，虽寻以色列的罪孽，一无所有。他们有祸了，因为他们的日子，察罚他们的时候，到了。（耶利米书50:4，20，27，31）
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它们都是虚无的，是迷惑人的工作，到察罚的时候，它们必灭亡。（耶利米书51:18）
以西结书：
结局来了，结局来了！早晨临到你；时候到了，混乱的日子近了。看哪，日子！看哪，日子到了！早晨已经发出！杖已经开花，暴行已经发芽。日子到了，时候临到他们众人身上。当耶和华发怒的日子，他们的金银不能救他们。（以西结书7:6，7，10，12，19）
又：
论到先知，他们说，他所见的异象是关乎后来许多的日子；所说的预言是指着极远的时候。（以西结书12:27）
又：
当耶和华发怒的日子，他们可以在战争中站得住。（以西结书13:5）
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你这受死伤行恶的以色列首领啊，你的日子到了，就在罪孽尽头的时候。（以西结书21:25）
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这城在她中间流人血，叫她的时候来到；你使你的日子临近，使你来到你的年。（以西结书22:3-4）
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岂不是我从他们身上除掉他们力量的日子？那日逃脱的人来到你这里，使你耳闻这事。那日你要向逃脱的人开口。（以西结书24:25-27）
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当那日，我必使以色列家的角生出来。（以西结书29:21）
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哀哉这日！你们应当哭号。因为耶和华的日子临近了，耶和华的日子临近了，就是密云之日；那是列族的时候。到那日，必有使者从我面前出去。（以西结书30:2-3，9）
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你下阴间的那日。（以西结书31:15）
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我必寻找我的羊……他在羊群中间的那日；在密云幽暗的日子，我要把它们从被赶散的一切地方救出来。（以西结书34:11-12）
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我洁净你们，使你们脱离一切罪孽的日子。（以西结书36:33）
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你要发预言，对歌革说，到我民以色列安然居住之日，你岂不知道吗？末后的日子，我必带你来攻击我的地。到那日，就是歌革上来攻击这地的日子。我怀着妒愤发震怒之火说，那日在以色列地必有大地震。（以西结书38:14，16，18-19）
又：
看哪，时候到了，这就是我所说的日子。当那日，我必将以色列地赐给歌革为坟地，这样，从那日以后，以色列家就知道我是耶和华他们的神。（以西结书39:8，11，22）
但以理书：
只有一位在天上的神，能显明奥秘的事，祂已将日后必有的事指示……（但以理书2:28）
又：
圣者得国的时候就到了。（但以理书7:22）
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留心……这异象是关于末后时期的，祂说，看哪，我要使你知道恼怒末期必有的事，因为这末期就在定期。晚上和早晨的异象是真的；你要将这异象封住，因为关乎后来许多的日子。（但以理书8:17，19，26）
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现在我来要使你明白在末后的日子，你的百姓必遭遇的事，因为这异象关乎未来的日子。（但以理书10:14）
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智慧人中有些仆倒的，为要使他们清净洁白，直到末了时期，因为到了定期，事就了结。（但以理书11:35）
又：
那时，代表你百姓子民的大首领米迦勒必站起来，并且必有患难的时期，从有一个民族以来直到此时，没有这样的。那时，你的百姓，凡记录在册上的，必得拯救。（但以理书12:1）
又：
但以理啊，你要封闭这话，隐藏这书，直到末了时期。从除掉每日献祭，并设立那行毁坏可憎之物的时候起，必有一千二百九十日。到了末后的日子，你必起来，承受你的分。（但以理书12:4，11，13）
何西阿书：
我必使以色列家的国终结。到那日，我必折断以色列的弓。耶斯列的日子必为大。（何西阿书1:4-5，11）
又：
到那日，你必称呼我，我的丈夫。到那日，我必为他们立约。到那日，我必垂听。（何西阿书2:16，18，21）
又：
以色列人必归回，寻求他们的神耶和华和他们的王大卫；在末后的日子。（何西阿书3:5）
又：
来吧，我们归向耶和华！过两天祂必使我们苏醒，第三天祂必使我们兴起，我们就在祂面前得以存活。（何西阿书6:1-2）
又：
察罚的日子来了，报应的日子到了。（何西阿书9:7）
约珥书：
哀哉那日！因为耶和华的日子临近了，这日来到，好像毁灭从沙代来到。（约珥书1:15）
又：
耶和华的日子将到，已经临近。一个黑暗、幽冥的日子，一个密云、乌黑的日子。耶和华的日子大而可畏，谁能当得起呢？（约珥书2:1，2，11）
又：
在那些日子，我要将我的灵浇灌仆人和使女。日头要变为黑暗，月亮要变为血，这都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前。（约珥书2:29，31）
又：
看哪，在那些日子，到那个时候，我要聚集列族。耶和华的日子临近。到那日，大山要滴甜酒。（约珥书3:1-2，14，18）
俄巴底亚书：
到那日，我岂不从以东除灭智慧人？他们被灭的日子，你不当因此欢乐；他们遭难的日子……耶和华的日子临近众族。（俄巴底亚书8，12，15）
阿摩司书：
到那日，心里勇敢的，必赤身逃跑。（阿摩司书2:16）
又：
我察罚以色列罪孽的日子。（阿摩司书3:14）
又：
想望耶和华日子的有祸了！耶和华的日子对你们有什么好处呢？那日黑暗没有光明。耶和华的日子，不是黑暗没有光明吗？不是幽暗毫无光辉吗？（阿摩司书5:18，20）
又：
那日，殿的歌声必变为哀号。到那日，我必使日头在午间落下，使地在白昼黑暗。当那日，美貌的处女和少年的男子必因干渴发昏。（阿摩司书8:3，9，13）
又：
到那日，我必树起大卫倒塌的帐幕。看哪，日子将到，大山要滴下甜酒。（阿摩司书9:11，13）
弥迦书：
到那日，必有人哀号，我们全然荒废了！（弥迦书2:4）
又：
末后的日子，耶和华家的山必坚立于万山之顶。到那日，我必聚集瘸腿的。（弥迦书4:1，6）
又：
到那日，我必从你中间剪除马匹，毁坏车辆。（弥迦书5:10）
又：
你的守望者，你察罚的日子已经来到。日子必到，你的墙垣必重修。到那日，必有人来归你。（弥迦书7:4，11-12）
哈巴谷书：
异象还在等候它的定期，在结局，它必说话……虽然迟延，还要等候；因为必然临到，不再迟延。（哈巴谷书2:3）
又：
耶和华啊，求你在这些年中间复兴你的作为；在这些年中间显明出来。（哈巴谷书3:2，3）
西番雅书：
耶和华的日子快到。到了耶和华献祭的日子，我必惩罚首领和王子。到那日，必有呼叫的噪音。那时，我必用灯巡查耶路撒冷。耶和华的大日临近。那日是忿怒的日子，是急难困苦的日子，是荒废凄凉的日子，是黑暗、幽冥的日子，是密云乌黑的日子，是吹角呐喊的日子。当耶和华发怒的日子。必烧灭全地……祂必快快毁灭住在这地的所有人。（西番雅书1:7-8，10，12，14-16，18）
又：
耶和华发怒的日子尚未临到你们。在耶和华发怒的日子可以隐藏起来。（西番雅书2:2-3）
又：
你们要等候我，直到我兴起掠夺的日子；因为这是我的审判。当那日，你必不因你所行的一切感到羞愧。当那日，必有话向耶路撒冷说，不要惧怕！那时，我必对付一切苦待你的人。那时，我必领你们进来。那时我必聚集你们。我就必使你们有名声，得称赞。（西番雅书3:8，11，16，19-20）
撒迦利亚书：
到那日，许多民族要归附耶和华。（撒迦利亚书2:11）
又：
我要在一日之间除掉这地的罪孽。当那日，你们各人要请同伴坐在葡萄树和无花果树下。（撒迦利亚书3:9-10）
又：
在那些日子，必有十个人拉住一个犹大人的衣襟。（撒迦利亚书8:23）
又：
当那日，耶和华他们的神必拯救他们，如同祂民的群羊一般。（撒迦利亚书9:16）
又：
就在那一天，我的约就废弃了。（撒迦利亚书11:11）
又：
到那日，我必使耶路撒冷向众民，当作一块沉重的石头。到那日，我必以惊惶击打一切马匹。到那日，我必使犹大的族长如火炉在木柴中。到那日，耶和华必保护耶路撒冷的居民。到那日，我必设法灭绝所有民族。到那日，在耶路撒冷必有大大的哀号。（撒迦利亚书12:3-4，6，8，9，11）
又：
到那日，必给大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源。到那日，我必从这地剪除偶像的名字。到那日，先知要羞愧。（撒迦利亚书13:1-4）
又：
看哪，耶和华的日子要来到。到那日，祂的脚必站在橄榄山上。到那日，必没有光和光辉，那日，必是耶和华所知道的，不是白昼，也不是黑夜，到晚上时才有光明。到那日，必有活水从耶路撒冷出来。到那日，耶和华必为独一无二的，祂的名也是独一无二的。到那日，必有大大的混乱从耶和华而来。到那日，马的铃铛上必有归耶和华为圣。到那日，耶和华的家中，必不再有迦南人。（撒迦利亚书14:1，4，6-9，13，20-21）
玛拉基书：
祂来的日子，谁能当得起呢？祂显现的时候，谁能立得住呢？在我做特别产业的日子，他们必属我。看哪，那日来到，必燃烧如火炉。看哪，耶和华大而可畏之日未到以前，我必差遣先知以利亚到你们那里去！（玛拉基书3:2，17；4:1，5）
诗篇：
在祂的日子，义人要发旺，大有平安。祂要执掌权柄，从这海直到那海，从大河直到地极。（诗篇72:7-8）
此外还有其它地方。
4. In support of this, I would like in this first chapter simply to cite passages from the Word where it says “that day, ” “on that day, ” or “at that time, ” passages where “day” and “time” mean the Lord’s Coming. From Isaiah:
In the days to come it will happen that the mountain of Jehovah will be established as the highest of the mountains. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted. The day of Jehovah Sabaoth is majestic and high above all. On that day people will throw away idols of their silver and gold. (Isaiah 2:2, 11-12, 20)
On that day the Lord Jehovih will take away adornments. (Isaiah 3:18)
On that day the branch of Jehovah will be beautiful and glorious. (Isaiah 4:2)
[Their enemy] will roar against the people on that day and look down on the earth. Behold, there is darkness and anxiety, and the light will be growing darker among their ruins. (Isaiah 5:30)
It will happen on that day that Jehovah will whistle to the fly at the very end of the rivers of Egypt. On that day the Lord will shave [Judah] at the crossings of the river. On that day he will bring [a young cow and two sheep] to life. On that day every place will become brambles and thorns. (Isaiah 7:18, 20-21, 23)
What will you do on the day of visitation? Who will come? On that day Israel will rely on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:3, 20)
It will happen on that day that the nations will seek out the root of Jesse, the one who stands as a sign for the peoples, and glory will be his rest. Above all, on that day the Lord will seek out the remnant of his people. (Isaiah 11:10-11)
You will say on that day, “I will praise you, Jehovah.” You will say on that day, “Praise Jehovah! Call upon his name!” (Isaiah 12:1, 4)
The day of Jehovah is near; it will come from Shaddai like destruction. Behold, the cruel day of Jehovah is coming-a day of resentment, blazing wrath, and anger. I will violently move heaven, and the earth will be shaken out of its place, on the day of his blazing anger. His time is at hand and it will come, and the days will not be prolonged. (Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22)
It will happen on that day that the glory of Jacob will be worn away. On that day, people will look back to their Maker, and their eyes [will look] toward the Holy One of Israel. On that day there will be cities of refuge in the forsaken parts of the forest. (Isaiah 17:4, 7, 9)
Those who dwell on [this] island will say on that day, “Look at what has happened to our hope!” (Isaiah 20:6)
On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the languages of Canaan. On that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the center of Egypt. On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Israel will be at the center of the land. (Isaiah 19:18-19, 23-24)
A day of tumult, trampling, and confusion from the Lord Jehovih Sabaoth... (Isaiah 22:5)
On that day Jehovah will punish the army of the high place and the monarchs of the earth. After a great many days they will be punished. Then the moon will blush and the sun will be ashamed. (Isaiah 24:21, 23)
It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him to set us free.” (Isaiah 25:9)
On that day this song will be sung in the land of Jehovah: “We have a strong city.” (Isaiah 26:1)
On that day Jehovah will bring punishment with his sword. On that day answer him by saying, “A vineyard whose wine is pure.” (Isaiah 27:1-2, 12-13)
On that day Jehovah Sabaoth will become an ornate crown and a diadem. (Isaiah 28:5)
Then on that day the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of the darkness. (Isaiah 29:18)
On the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall, there will be a channel of waters. The light of the moon will be like the light of the sun on the day when Jehovah binds up the breach of his people. (Isaiah 30:25-26)
On that day they will each throw away the idols of their silver and gold. (Isaiah 31:7)
The day of Jehovah’s vengeance, the year of his recompense... (Isaiah 34:8)
These two things will come to you in one day: the loss of your children, and widowhood. (Isaiah 47:9)
My people will know my name, and on that day [they will know that] I am the one saying “Here I am!” (Isaiah 52:6)
Jehovah has anointed me to proclaim the year of Jehovah’s good pleasure and the day of vengeance for our God, to comfort all who are mourning. (Isaiah 61:1-2)
The day of vengeance is in my heart and the year of my redeemed has arrived. (Isaiah 63:4)
From Jeremiah:
In those days you will no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of Jehovah.” At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah. In those days the house of Judah will go to the house of Israel. (Jeremiah 3:16-18)
In that day the heart of the monarch will perish, and the heart of the royal family, and the priests and the prophets will be stunned. (Jeremiah 4:9)
Behold, the days are coming in which the earth will turn into a wasteland. (Jeremiah 7:32, 34)
They will fall among those who fall on the day of their visitation. (Jeremiah 8:12)
Behold, the days are coming in which I will execute judgment upon everyone whose foreskin has been circumcised. (Jeremiah 9:25)
In the time of their visitation they will perish. (Jeremiah 10:15)
There will be no remnant of them; I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation. (Jeremiah 11:23)
Behold, the days are coming in which it will no longer be said... (Jeremiah 16:14)
I will look at them in the back of the neck and not in the face on the day of their destruction. (Jeremiah 18:17)
Behold, the days are coming in which I will make this place a devastation. (Jeremiah 19:6)
Behold, the days are coming in which I will raise up for David a righteous branch who will rule as king. In those days Judah will be saved and Israel will dwell in safety. Therefore behold, the days are coming in which it will no longer be said... I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation. At the very last of days you will fully understand. (Jeremiah 23:5-7, 12, 20)
Behold, the days are coming in which I will turn back [the captivity of my people]. Alas, that day will be great, and there will be none like it. It will happen on that day that I will break the yoke and tear off the fetters. (Jeremiah 30:3, 7-8)
The day will come when the guards cry out on Mount Ephraim, “Arise, let us climb Zion to Jehovah our God.” Behold, the days are coming in which I will make a new covenant. The days are coming in which the city of Jehovah will be built. (Jeremiah 31:6, 27, 31, 38)
The days are coming in which I will perform the good word [that I promised]. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous branch to grow for David. In those days Judah will be saved. (Jeremiah 33:14-16)
On that day I will bring words against this city for evil. You, though, I will rescue on that day. (Jeremiah 39:16-17)
That day will be a day of vengeance for the Lord Jehovih Sabaoth; he will take vengeance on his enemies. The day of destruction has come upon them, the time of their visitation. (Jeremiah 46:10, 21)
Because of the day that is coming for devastation... (Jeremiah 47:4)
I will bring upon [Moab] the year of visitation. Nevertheless I will bring back its captives at the very last of days. (Jeremiah 48:44, 47)
I will bring destruction upon them at the time of their visitation. Their youths will fall in the streets and all their men of war will be cut down on that day. At the very last of days I will bring back their captives. (Jeremiah 49:8, 26, 39)
In those days and at that time the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and seek Jehovah their God. In those days and at that time the iniquity of Israel will be sought, but there will be none. Woe to [the Babylonians], because their day has come, the time of their visitation. (Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 27, 31)
They are vanity, a work of errors; they will perish at the time of their visitation. (Jeremiah 51:18)
From Ezekiel:
The end has come; the end has come. It has come upon you like the morning. The time has come; the day of tumult is near. Behold the day; see, it has come. The trunk has blossomed; violence has sprouted. The day has arrived; the time has come upon their whole multitude. Their silver and gold will not rescue them on the day of Jehovah’s wrath. (Ezekiel 7:6-7, 10, 12, 19)
People were saying of the prophet, “The vision that he is seeing will not happen for many days; his prophecy concerns distant times.” (Ezekiel 12:27)
They will not be able to stand up in the war on the day of Jehovah’s wrath. (Ezekiel 13:5)
You pierced, godless prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of iniquity of the end... (Ezekiel 21:25, 29)
O city shedding blood in your own midst so that its time will come, you have made the days approach so that you will come to your years. (Ezekiel 22:3-4)
Surely on the day that I take their strength from them, on that day someone who has been rescued will come to you with information for you to hear. On that day your mouth will be opened to speak with the one who has been rescued. (Ezekiel 24:25-27)
On that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow. (Ezekiel 29:21)
Wail “Alas for the day, ” because the day of Jehovah is near, the day of Jehovah is near. It will be a day of cloud, a time for the nations. On that day messengers from me will go forth. (Ezekiel 30:2-3, 9)
On the day you go down into hell... (Ezekiel 31:15)
I myself will search for my flock, on a day when it is in the midst of your flock, and I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy and dark day. (Ezekiel 34:11-12)
On the day when I cleanse you from all your iniquities... (Ezekiel 36:33)
Prophesy and say, “Will you not know it on that day when my people Israel settle safely? In the days to come I will bring you against my land. [This will happen] on that day, on the day when Gog comes upon the land [of Israel]. In my zeal, in the day of my indignation, surely on this day there will be a great earthquake upon the land of Israel.” (Ezekiel 38:14, 16, 18-19)
Behold, it is coming; this is the day of which I have spoken. It will happen on that day that I will give Gog a burial place in the land of Israel, so that the house of Israel will know that I, Jehovah, am their God from that day on. (Ezekiel 39:8, 11, 22)
From Daniel:
God in the heavens has revealed mysteries concerning what will happen in the days to come. (Daniel 2:28)
The time came for the saints to establish the kingdom. (Daniel 7:22)
“Understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.” [Gabriel] said, “Behold, I am making known to you what will happen at the end of the wrath, because at the appointed time the end will come.” The vision of evenings and mornings is the truth. Hide the vision, because it is for many days. (Daniel 8:17, 19, 26)
I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people at the very last of days, because the vision applies to days yet to come. (Daniel 10:14)
Those who understand will be tested in order to be purified and cleansed, until the time of the end, since it is yet for an appointed time. (Daniel 11:35)
At that time Michael will rise up, the great leader who stands up for the children of your people. There will be a time of distress such as there has not been since the nation [began]. At this time, however, your people will be rescued-everyone who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)
You, Daniel, close up the words and seal the book until the time of the end. But from the time when the daily offering is taken away and the abomination that causes devastation is set up, there will be one thousand two hundred and ninety days. You will arise into your inheritance at the end of days. (Daniel 12:4, 9, 11, 13)
From Hosea:
I will make an end of the kingdom of the house of Israel. On that day I will break the bow of Israel. Great will be the day of Jezreel. (Hosea 1:4-5, 11)
On that day you will call [me] “my husband.” On that day I will make them a covenant. On that day I will respond. (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21)
The children of Israel will turn back and seek Jehovah their God and David their king at the very last of days. (Hosea 3:5)
Come, let us return to Jehovah. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his presence. (Hosea 6:1-2)
The days of visitation have come; the days of retribution have come. (Hosea 9:7)
From Joel:
Alas for the day, because the day of Jehovah is at hand; it will come as destruction from Shaddai. (Joel 1:15)
The day of Jehovah is coming, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Great is the day of Jehovah and extremely terrifying; who can endure it? (Joel 2:1-2, 11)
Upon my male and female servants I will pour out my spirit in those days. The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. (Joel 2:29, 31)
In those days and at that time I will gather all nations together. The day of Jehovah is at hand. On that day it will happen that the mountains will drip with new wine. (Joel 3:1-2, 14, 18)
From Amos:
The strong of heart will flee naked on that day. (Amos 2:16)
On the day that I punish Israel for its sins... (Amos 3:14)
Woe to you who long for the day of Jehovah. What is the day of Jehovah to you? It will be a day of darkness and not of light. Surely the day of Jehovah will be a day of darkness and not of light, a day of thick darkness with no light at all. (Amos 5:18, 20)
The songs of the Temple will be howls on that day. On that day I will make the sun set at noon, and will darken the earth on a day of light. On that day beautiful young women and also young men will faint from thirst. (Amos 8:3, 9, 13)
On that day I will raise up the fallen tent of David. Behold, the days are coming when the mountains will drip with new wine. (Amos 9:11, 13)
From Obadiah:
On that day will I not destroy the wise of Edom? Do not rejoice over them on the day of their destruction, on the day of their distress. The day of Jehovah over all nations is at hand. (Obadiah 1:8, 12-15)
From Micah:
On that day the lament will be “We have been utterly destroyed.” (Micah 2:4)
At the very last of days the mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established on the top of the mountains. On that day I will gather the lame. (Micah 4:1, 6)
On that day I will cut off your horses and your chariots. (Micah 5:10)
The day of your watchmen, your visitation, has come. The day for building the walls is here. This is the day in which he will come to you. (Micah 7:4, 11-12)
From Habakkuk:
The vision is still set for an appointed time and speaks concerning the end. If it delays, wait for it, because it will surely come and will not be postponed. (Habakkuk 2:3)
Jehovah, do your work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years you will make it known. God will come. (Habakkuk 3:2)
From Zephaniah:
The day of Jehovah is at hand. On the day of the sacrifice of Jehovah I will execute judgment upon the royal family and upon the children of the monarch. On that day there will be the sound of shouting. At that time I will examine Jerusalem with lamps. The great day of Jehovah is at hand. This day is a day of blazing wrath; a day of distress and repression; a day of destruction and devastation; a day of darkness and gloom; a day of clouds and thick darkness; a day of trumpets and shouting. On the day of the blazing wrath of Jehovah the whole earth will be devoured and he will make a prompt end to all those who dwell in the land. (Zephaniah 1:7-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 18)
... when the day of the wrath of Jehovah has not yet come upon us. Perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of Jehovah. (Zephaniah 2:2-3)
Wait for me until the day I rise up for plunder, because that will be my judgment. On that day you will not be ashamed of your deeds. On that day it will be said to Jerusalem, “Do not be afraid.” I will deal with your oppressors at that time. At that time I will bring you back. At that time I will gather you together to give you a name and praise. (Zephaniah 3:8, 11, 16, 19-20)
From Zechariah:
I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. On that day each of you will invite your neighbor under a vine and under a fig tree. (Zechariah 3:9-10)
Then many nations will be joined to Jehovah on that day. (Zechariah 2:11)
In those days ten men will take hold of the hem of a man of Judah. (Zechariah 8:23)
Jehovah their God will save them on that day, as the flock of his people. (Zechariah 9:16)
My covenant was broken on that day. (Zechariah 11:11)
On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all peoples. On that day I will strike every horse with confusion. On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fiery furnace surrounded by logs. On that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem. On that day I will seek to destroy all the nations [that are coming against Jerusalem]. On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will increase. (Zechariah 12:3-4, 6, 8-9, 11)
On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It will happen on that day that I will cut off the names of idols from the land. On that day the prophets will be ashamed. (Zechariah 13:1-2, 4)
Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives. On that day there will be no light or radiance. One day that will be known to Jehovah, not day or night, there will be light around the time of evening. On that day living waters will go forth from Jerusalem. On that day Jehovah will be one, and his name one. On that day there will be a great panic from Jehovah. On that day “Holiness belongs to Jehovah” will be engraved on the bells of the horses. There will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah on that day. (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21)
From Malachi:
Who can bear the day of his coming? Who will stand when he appears? They will be mine on the day that I make them my treasure. Behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrifying day of Jehovah comes. (Malachi 3:2, 17; 4:1, 5)
From David:
In his days the righteous will flourish and there will be much peace, and he will reign from sea to sea, and from the river all the way to the ends of the earth. (Psalms 72:7-8)
There are other instances elsewhere.
4. To confirm the reality of this, in this first section I intend only to cite places in the Word where we find references to “that day, ” “in that day, ” or “at that time, ” where “day” and “time” mean the Lord’s advent.
In Isaiah:
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established on the top of the mountains.... ...Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.... ...the day of Jehovah of Hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty.... In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver and...gold.... (Isaiah 2:2, 11-12, 20)
In that day the Lord (Jehovih) will take away the finery.... (Isaiah 3:18)
In that day the offshoot of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious.... (Isaiah 4:2)
It will roar against him in that day..., and he will look down upon the land, which, behold, is darkness, distress; and the light will be darkened among the ruins. (Isaiah 5:30)
It shall come to pass in that day that Jehovah will whistle for the fly that is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt.... In that day the Lord will shave...in the crossings of the river.... ...in that day he shall vivify.... In that day every place...will become a thicket of briers and thorns. (Isaiah 7:18, 20-21, 23)
What will you do in the day of visitation..., which is coming? ...in that day...Israel...will rely on Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. (Isaiah 10:3, 20)
It shall come to pass in that day that the root of Jesse, which shall stand as a banner to the people..., shall the Gentiles seek..., and His resting place shall be glorious. (Especially) in that day shall the Lord...seek back the remnant of His people.... (Isaiah 11:10-11)
You will say in that day, “I will confess You, Jehovah....” You will say in that day, “Confess Jehovah, call upon His name.” (Isaiah 12:1, 4)
...the day of Jehovah is at hand! It will come as destruction from Shaddai. Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming, cruel, and one of indignation and wrath and anger.... “...I will shake heaven, and the earth will move out of her place..., ” in the day of the anger of His wrath.... His time is near, and is coming, and (the) days will not be prolonged. (Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22)
It shall come to pass in that day that the glory of Jacob will wane.... In that day a man will look to his Maker, and his eyes...to the Holy One of Israel. In that day his cities of refuge will be as the forsaken places of the forest.... (Isaiah 17:4, 7, 9)
The inhabitant of (the) island will say in that day, “(Behold,) our expectation!” (Isaiah 20:6)
In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan.... In that day there will be an altar to Jehovah in the midst...of Egypt.... In that day there will be a road from Egypt to Assyria, and...Israel will be...in the midst of the land.... (Isaiah 19:18-19, 23-24)
...a day of tumult and of a treading down and perplexity as regards the Lord Jehovih Of Hosts.... (Isaiah 22:5)
...in that day Jehovah will pass judgment on...the host of the exalted, and on...the kings of the earth.... After many days they will be visited. Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed. (Isaiah 24:21-23)
(Jehovah) will say in that day: “Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him to liberate us....” (Isaiah 25:9)
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city....” (Isaiah 26:1)
In that day Jehovah will visit with His sword.... In that day reply to her, “A vineyard of pure wine!” ...It shall come to pass in that day that the Lord will thresh from the stream of the river to the river of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, you children of Israel. It shall come to pass also in that day that the great trumpet will be blown; and those perishing in the land of Assyria will come, and the outcasts from the land of Egypt, and they shall bow to Jehovah in the holy mount at Jerusalem. (Isaiah 27:1-2, 12-13)
In that day Jehovah of Hosts will become a crown of adornment and a miter.... (Isaiah 28:5)
Then the deaf in that day shall hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see...out of darkness. (Isaiah 29:18)
There will be...streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun..., in the day that Jehovah binds up the bruise of His people.... (Isaiah 30:25-26)
...in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and...gold.... (Isaiah 31:7)
...the day of Jehovah’s vengeance, the year of His retributions.... (Isaiah 34:8)
These two things shall come to you...in one day: The loss of children and widowhood. (Isaiah 47:9)
...My people shall know My name, (and) in that day that I am He who speaks: “Behold, it is I.” (Isaiah 52:6)
...Jehovah has anointed Me..., to proclaim the agreeable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn.... (Isaiah 61:1-2)
...the day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. (Isaiah 63:4)
[2] In Jeremiah:
...in those days...they will say no more, “The ark of the covenant of Jehovah.” ...At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah.... In those days the house of Judah shall go to the house of Israel.... (Jeremiah 3:16-18)
...in that day...the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. (Jeremiah 4:9)
...behold, the days are coming...when...the land shall turn into a wasteland. (Jeremiah 7:32, 34)
...they shall fall among those who fall in the day of their visitation.... (Jeremiah 8:12)
Behold, the days are coming...that I will visit everyone circumcised among the uncircumcised.... (Jeremiah 9:25)
In the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jeremiah 10:15)
...there shall be no remnant for them, I will bring evil on (them) in the year of their visitation. (Jeremiah 11:23)
...behold, the days are coming...when it shall no more be said.... (Jeremiah 16:14)
I will look upon the back of their neck and not their faces in the day of their destruction. (Jeremiah 18:17)
...behold, the days are coming...when...I will turn this city into a wasteland.... (Jeremiah 19:6, 8)
Behold, the days are coming...when I will raise to David a righteous offshoot, (who) shall reign as king.... In (those) days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell secure.... Therefore, behold, the days are coming...when they shall no longer say.... ...I will bring evil on them in the year of their visitation.... At the end of days you will understand intelligence. (Jeremiah 23:5-7, 12, 20)
For behold, the days are coming...when I will turn again... Alas! For great is this day, and none is like it.... It shall come to pass in that day...that I will break (the) yoke...and burst (the) bonds. (Jeremiah 30:3, 7-8)
...there shall be a day when the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, “Arise, let us go up to Zion, to Jehovah our God.” ...Behold, the days are coming...when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.... Behold, the days are coming...when I will make a new covenant.... Behold, the days are coming...when the city shall be rebuilt for Jehovah.... (Jeremiah 31:6, 27, 31, 38)
Behold, the days are coming...when I will establish the good word.... In those days and at that time I will cause to grow up to David a righteous offshoot.... In those days Judah will be saved.... (Jeremiah 33:14-16)
...I will bring...words against this city for evil...in that day.... But I will rescue you in that day.... (Jeremiah 39:16-17)
That day is to Jehovah of Hosts a day of revenge, vengeance He will take on His enemies.... ...the day of...destruction is coming upon them, the time of their visitation. (Jeremiah 46:10, 21)
Because of the day coming to lay waste.... (Jeremiah 47:4)
...upon it I will bring the year of...visitation.... Yet I will bring back (its) captives...at the end of days.... (Jeremiah 48:44, 47)
I will bring destruction...upon (them) at the time of their visitation.... ...her young men shall fall in (the) streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day.... ...at the end of days I will bring back (their) captives.... (Jeremiah 49:8, 26, 39)
In those days and at that time...the children of Israel and the children of Judah shall come together...and seek Jehovah their God.... In those days and at that time...the iniquity of Israel shall be sought, but there shall be none.... Woe to them! For their day has come, the time of their visitation.... For your day has come, the time of your visitation. (Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 27, 31)
Such vanity, a work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. (Jeremiah 51:18)
[3] In Ezekiel:
An end has come, the end has come; the morning has come upon you.... The time has come, a day of tumult is near.... Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! The morning has gone out; the rod has blossomed, violence has sprouted.... The day draws near, the time has come...on its whole multitude.... Their silver and gold will not rescue them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah.... (Ezekiel 7:6-7, 10, 12, 19)
(They said of the prophet,) “The vision that he sees will come to pass many days from now; he prophesies for times far off.” (Ezekiel 12:27)
(They will not) stand in battle on the day (of the wrath) of Jehovah. (Ezekiel 13:5)
You, pierced through, impious, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, at the time of the final iniquity.... (Ezekiel 21:25, 29)
The city sheds blood in the midst of it, so that its time is coming.... You have caused (the) days to draw near, so that you are coming to your years. (Ezekiel 22:3-4)
...will it not be in the day when I take from them their strength...? On that day one who has been rescued will come to you for the instruction of the ears. On that day your mouth will be opened with him who has been rescued.... (Ezekiel 24:25-27)
In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow.... (Ezekiel 29:21)
Wail, alas the day! For...the day (of Jehovah) is near, the day of Jehovah is near. It will be a day of clouds, the time of the gentiles.... On that day messengers shall go forth from Me.... (Ezekiel 30:2-3, 9)
In the day that you go down into hell.... (Ezekiel 31:15)
I Myself will seek My flock...on the day that he is among the flock, and...I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered, on a cloudy and dark day. (Ezekiel 34:11-12)
On the day that I cleanse you of all your iniquities.... (Ezekiel 36:33)
...prophesy and say..., “On that day when My people Israel rest securely, will you not know it? ...in the latter days I will bring you into My land.... In that day, in the day that Gog comes upon the land.... In My zeal, in the fire of My indignation..., if there is not in that day a great earthquake upon the land of Israel. (Ezekiel 38:14, 16, 18-19)
Behold, it is coming..., this day of which I have spoken.... It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place (in the land) of Israel...that the house of Israel may know that I am Jehovah their God from that day and from then on. (Ezekiel 39:8, 11, 22)
[4] In Daniel:
...God in heaven...has revealed secrets..., what will be in the latter days. (Daniel 2:28)
...the time came for the saints to establish the kingdom. (Daniel 7:22)
“Attend..., because the vision is for the time of the end....” He said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen at the end of the indignation; for at the appointed time the end shall be....” “The vision of the evening and morning...is true; ...you must hide away the vision, because it is for many days....” (Daniel 8:17, 19, 26)
I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people at the end of days, because the vision is for days.... (Daniel 10:14)
...the intelligent shall be tested, to purge them and cleanse them..., until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time. (Daniel 11:35)
At that time Michael shall rise up, the great prince who stands up for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of distress, such as has not been since there was a nation.... Yet at this time your people shall be rescued, everyone who is found written in the book. (Daniel 12:1)
You, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end.... But from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination laying waste occurs, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.... you will arise into your inheritance at the end of the days. (Daniel 12:4, 9, 11, 13)
[5] In Hosea:
...I will bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. ...in that day I will break the bow of Israel.... ...great will be the day of Jezreel! (Hosea 1:4-5, 11)
...in that day...you will call Me “My Husband”.... In that day I will make a covenant for them.... ...in that day I will listen.... (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21)
...the children of Israel shall return and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king...at the end of days. (Hosea 3:5)
...behold, in those days and at that time, when I bring back.... (Joel 3:1)
Come, and let us return to Jehovah.... After two days He will revive us, and on the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. (Hosea 6:1-2)
The days of visitation have come; the days of retribution have come. (Hosea 9:7)
[6] In Joel:
Alas the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; and it shall come as destruction from Shaddai. (Joel 1:15)
...the day of Jehovah is coming...it is at hand, a day of gloom and darkness, a day of clouds and haziness.... ...the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can endure it? (Joel 2:1-2, 11)
...on the menservants and on the maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.... The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah. (Joel 2:29, 31)
...in those days and at that time...I will gather all nations.... ...the day of Jehovah is near.... It will come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip new wine.... (Joel 3:1-2, 14, 18)
[7] In Obadiah:
...in that day...I will destroy the wise men from Edom.... Do not rejoice over (them) in the day of their destruction..., in the day of their distress.... For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations.... (Obadiah 1:8, 12-15)
[8] In Amos:
The stout of heart...shall flee naked in that day.... (Amos 2:16)
In the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel upon him.... (Amos 3:14)
Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! What is the day of Jehovah to you? It will be one of darkness and not light.... Is not the day of Jehovah one of darkness and not light? Very dark, and having no brightness in it? (Amos 5:18, 20)
The songs of the temple shall wail in that day.... ...in that day...I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in daylight.... In that day the fair virgins and youths shall faint from thirst. (Amos 8:3, 9, 13)
On that day I will set up the collapsed tabernacle of David.... Behold, the days are coming...when...the mountains shall drip sweet wine.... (Amos 9:11, 13)
[9] In Micah:
In that day one shall...lament..., “We are utterly devastated!” (Micah 2:4)
...at the end of days the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains.... In that day...I will assemble the lame.... (Micah 4:1, 6)
...in that day...I will cut off your horses...and...your chariots. (Micah 5:10)
The day of your watchmen, your visitation has come.... The day has come to build your walls.... This day shall come even to you.... (Micah 7:4, 11-12)
[10] In Habakkuk:
...the vision is yet for an appointed time, and it will speak at the end.... If it tarries, wait for it, because it will surely come, and will not delay. (Habakkuk 2:3)
O Jehovah..., do Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known.... God will come.... (Habakkuk 3:2-3)
[11] In Zephaniah:
...the day of Jehovah is at hand.... In the day of Jehovah’s sacrifice I will visit judgment upon the princes and the king’s children.... I will visit judgment also upon everyone who leaps over the threshold, in that day.... There shall be on that day...the sound of a cry.... ...at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps.... The great day of Jehovah is near.... This day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and oppression, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of gloom and darkness, a day of clouds and fog, a day of the trumpet and its sounding.... ...in the day of Jehovah’s wrath...the whole land shall be devoured..., and He will make a speedy end of all the inhabitants of the land. (Zephaniah 1:7-10, 12, 14-16, 18)
...when the day of Jehovah’s anger has not yet come upon you! ...Perhaps you will be hidden in the day of Jehovah’s anger. (Zephaniah 2:2-3)
...wait for Me...until the day of My rising up for plunder, for My judgment.... In that day you shall not be shamed of any of your deeds.... In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear....” ...at that time I will destroy your oppressors.... At that time I will bring you back..., at (that) time I will gather you; for I will make you renowned and praised.... (Zephaniah 3:8, 11, 16, 19-20)
[12] In Zechariah:
I will remove the iniquity of (the) land in one day. In that day...everyone will call to his companion, under his vine and under his fig tree. (Zechariah 3:9-10)
(Then) many nations shall cleave to Jehovah in that day.... (Zechariah 2:11)
In those days ten men...shall take hold of the sleeve of a Jewish man.... (Zechariah 8:23)
Jehovah their God will save them in that day, as the flock of His people. (Zechariah 9:16)
(My covenant) was broken on that day. (Zechariah 11:11)
...in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone to all peoples.... In that day...I will strike every horse with stupor.... In that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fiery furnace in the woodpile.... In that day Jehovah will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem.... ...in that day I will seek to destroy all the nations.... In that day a lamentation shall grow in Jerusalem.... (Zechariah 12:3-4, 6, 8-9, 11)
In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.... It shall be in that day...that I will cut off the names of the idols in the land.... ...in that day the prophets will be ashamed.... (Zechariah 13:1-2, 4)
Behold, the day of Jehovah is coming.... In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives.... ...in that day there will be no light or illumination. It shall be one day which will be known to Jehovah — neither day nor night — about evening time...it will be light. ...in that day...living waters shall flow from Jerusalem.... In that day Jehovah shall be one and His name one. ...in that day there will be a great disturbance from Jehovah.... In that day HOLINESS TO JEHOVAH shall be...on the bells of the horses.... In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah.... (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21)
[13] In Malachi:
Who may endure the day of His coming? And who will stand when He has appeared? ...So that they are Mine...on the day that I make them a special possession.... ...behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven.... Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet, before the great and dreadful day of Jehovah comes. (Malachi 3:2, 17, 4:1, 5)
[14] In Psalms:
In His days the righteous shall flourish, and abundant peace.... And He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. (Psalms 72:7-8)
And so on elsewhere.
4. In confirmation of this, I will, in this first article, adduce only those passages from the Word where it mentions "that day," "in that day," and "in that time;" in which by "day" and by "time" is meant the Coming of the Lord.
In Isaiah:
It shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of (A.V. the house of) Jehovah 1shall be established in the top of the mountains.
Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
The day of Jehovah Zebaoth shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty.
In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and gold. Isaiah 2:2, 11-12, 20.
In that day the Lord Jehovih will take away their ornament. Isaiah 3:18.
In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be for comeliness and glory. Isaiah 4:2.
He shall roar against him in that day, and look down upon the earth, and, behold, darkness and anxiety, and the light shall be darkened in ruins (A.V. they shall roar ... is darkened in the heavens). Isaiah 5:30.
And it shall come to pass in that day that Jehovah shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt.
In that day Jehovah shall shave in the passages of the river.
In that day [a man] shall nourish [a young cow and two sheep]. In that day every place shall be ... for briers and thorns. Isaiah 7:18, 20-21, 23 What will ye do in the day of visitation ... which shall come? In that day ... Israel ... shall stay upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. Isaiah 10:3, 20.
In that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the peoples; [A.V. to it] shall the Gentiles seek, and His rest shall be glorious.
Especially, in that day the Lord will seek again the remnant of His people. Isaiah 11:10-11.
In that day thou shalt say, O Jehovah, I will praise thee.... In that day shall ye say, Praise Jehovah, call upon his name. Isaiah 12:1, 4.
The day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a devastation from Shaddai 2(A.V. the Almighty).
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, a day of wrath, of burning and of anger.
I will shake heaven and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the day of His burning and anger.
Her time is near, and it shall come, and her days shall not be prolonged. Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22.
In that day it shall come to pass that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin.
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
In that day shall the cities of refuge be as a forsaken bough. Isaiah 17:4, 7, 9.
The inhabitant of the isle shall say in that day, Behold, our expectation. [Isaiah 20:6.]
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan.
In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of Egypt.
In that day shall there by a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Israel shall be ... in the midst of the land. Isaiah 19:18-19, 23-24.
A day of tumult, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord Jehovih Zebaoth. Isaiah 22:5.
In that day ... Jehovah shall punish the host of those on high, and the kings of the earth.
After many days shall they be visited. Then the moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed. Isaiah 24:21-23.
Jehovah shall say (A.V. it shall be said) in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him that He may save us. Isaiah 25:9.
In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city. Isaiah 26:1.
In that day Jehovah shall visit with His sword. In that day give answer (A.V. sing ye) unto her, A vineyard of pure wine. Isaiah 27:1-2 (Isaiah 27:12-13).
In that day shall Jehovah Zebaoth be for a crown of glory and a diadem. Isaiah 28:5, Then in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the Book, and the eyes of the blind see ... out of darkness. Isaiah 29:18.
There shall be ... streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun ... in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the breach of His people. Isaiah 30:25-26.
In that day shall they cast away every man (vir) his idols of silver and ... of gold. Isaiah 31:7.
The day of Jehovah's vengeance, and the year of His recompenses. Isaiah 34:8.
These two things shall come to thee in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood. Isaiah 47:9.
My people shall know my name; they shall know in that day that I am He that doth speak; behold, it is I. Isaiah 52:6.
Jehovah hath anointed me ... to proclaim the year of the good pleasure (A.V. the acceptable year) of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn. Isaiah 61:1-2.
The day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Isaiah 63:4.
In Jeremiah:
In those days ye (A.V. they) shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah.
In those days the house of Judah shall go unto the house of Israel. Jeremiah 3:16-18.
At that day... the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets [shall wonder]. Jeremiah 4:9.
Behold, the days come when the land shall be desolate. Jeremiah 7:32, 34.
They shall fall among them that fall in the day of their visitation. Jeremiah 8:12.
Behold, the days come when I will punish all them that are circumcised in the foreskin (A.V. with the uncircumcised). Jeremiah 9:25.
In the time of their visitation, they shall perish. Jeremiah 10:15.
There shall be no remnant of them; for I will bring evil upon them ... in the year of their visitation. Jeremiah 11:23.
Behold, the days come, in which it shall no more be said ... Jeremiah 16:14.
I will regard them in the neck and not in their face (A.V. I will show them the back and not the face) in the day of their calamity. Jeremiah 18:17.
Behold, the days come ... in which I will give this place over to devastation. Jeremiah 19:6, 8.
Behold, the days come ... that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign a King.
In those (A.V. his) days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely.
Therefore, behold, the days come ... that they shall no more say ... I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation.
In the latter days ye shall understand intelligence (A.V. ye shall consider it perfectly). Jeremiah 23:5-7, 12, 20.
Behold, the days come that I will bring again [the captivity].
Alas, for that day is great, and there shall be none like it.
It shall come to pass in that day ... that I will break his yoke ... and will burst thy bonds. Jeremiah 30:3, 7-8.
There shall be a day that the watchmen upon Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.
Behold, the days come ... that I will make a new covenant.
Behold, the days come ... that the city shall be built to Jehovah. Jeremiah 31:6, 27, 31, 38.
Behold, the days come ... that I will establish the good word (A.V. that good thing).
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David.
In those days shall Judah be saved. Jeremiah 33:14-16.
I will bring my words upon this city for evil ... in that day.
But I will deliver thee in that day. Jeremiah 39:16-17.
This is the day of the Lord Jehovih Zebaoth, a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Him of His adversaries.
The day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. Jeremiah 46:10, 21.
Because of the day that cometh to spoil ... Jeremiah 47:4.
I will bring upon it... the year of their visitation.
I will bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days. Jeremiah 48:44, 47.
I will bring calamity ... upon them (A.V. him) at the time of their visitation.
Her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men (viri) of war shall be cut off in that day.
In the latter days I will bring again their captivity. Jeremiah 49:8, 26, 39.
In those days, and in that time ... the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together ... and seek Jehovah their God.
In those days, and in that time ... the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none.
Woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 27, 31.
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. Jeremiah 51:18.
In Ezekiel:
An end is come, the end is come.... The morning is come unto thee ... the time is come, the day of trouble is near.
Behold the day, behold, it is come; the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, violence (A.V. pride) hath budded.
The day is come, the time draweth near: ... upon all the multitude thereof.
Their silver and their gold shall not deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah. Ezekiel 7:6-7, 10, 12, 19.
They said (concerning the prophet), The vision that he seeth shall come to pass after many days, and he prophesieth of the times that are afar off. Ezekiel 12:27.
They shall not stand in the battle in the day of the wrath of Jehovah. Ezekiel 13:5.
And thou, pierced (A.V. profane) wicked one, prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the end of their iniquity ... Ezekiel 21:25, 29.
The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come ... and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, that thou mayest come unto thy years. Ezekiel 22:3-4.
Shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength ...
That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped. Ezekiel 24:25-27.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth. Ezekiel 29:21.
Howl ye, Woe worth the day! For the day of Jehovah is near, the day of Jehovah is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the nations.
In that day shall messengers go forth from me. Ezekiel 30:2-3, 9.
In the day when thou shalt go down to hell (A.V. when he went down to the grave). Ezekiel 31:15.
I will seek my flock ... in the day that it is in the midst of thy flock ... and will deliver them out of all places, whither they have been scattered, in the day of cloud and thick darkness. Ezekiel 34:11-12.
In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities. Ezekiel 36:33.
Prophesy and say [unto Gog] ... In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
In the latter days I will bring thee against my land.
In that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land ... in my zeal and in the fire of my wrath [have I spoken], Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking of the earth in the land of Israel. Ezekiel 38:14, 16, 18-19.
Behold, it is come ... this is the day of which I have spoken.
It shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for a sepulchre in the land of Israel ... that the house of Israel may know that I am Jehovah their God from that day and onward. Ezekiel 39:8, 11, 22.
In Daniel:
God in the heavens hath revealed secrets ... what shall be in the latter days. Daniel 2:28.
The time came that the saints should possess the kingdom. Daniel 7:22.
Attend ... for at the time of the end shall be the vision. He said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the latter end of the anger: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
The vision of the evening and the morning ... is truth: shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. Daniel 8:17, 19, 26.
I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for yet the vision is for days. Daniel 10:14.
Some of them of understanding shall be proved (A.V. shall fall), to purge and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. Daniel 11:35.
At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.... Yet at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. Daniel 12:1.
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end.
From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
Thou shalt rise into thy lot at the end of the days. Daniel 12:4, 9, 11, 13.
In Hosea:
[Yet a little while ... and] I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
At that day I will break the bow of Israel. Great shall be the day of Jezreel. Hosea 1:[4,] 5, 11.
At that day ... thou shalt call me, My husband.
In that day will I make a covenant for them.
In that day, I will hear. Hosea 2:16, 18, 21.
The Children of Israel shall return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; ... in the latter days. Hosea 3:5.
(Behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem. Joel 3:1.)
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah.
After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. Hosea 6:1-2.
The days of visitation are come, the days of retribution are come. Hosea 9:7.
Joel:
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as a destruction from Shaddai (A.V. the Almighty) shall it come. Joel 1:15.
The day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand; a day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of cloud and of obscurity.
The day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? Joel 2:1-2, 11.
Upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come. Joel 2:29, 31.
Behold, in those days and in that time ... I will gather all nations.
The day of Jehovah is near.
It shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine. Joel 3:1-2, 14, 18.
Obadiah:
In that day I will destroy the wise men out of Edom. Rejoice not over them in the day of their destruction; nor ... in the day of their distress.
For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations. Obadiah 1:8, 12, 15.
In Amos:
He that is strong of heart ... shall flee away naked in that day. Amos 2:16.
In the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him. Amos 3:14.
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah!
What is the day of Jehovah to you? It is a day of darkness and not of light.
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness and not light? even thick darkness and no brightness in it? Amos 5:18, 20.
The songs of the temple shall howl in that day.
In that day ... I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst. Amos 8:3, 9, 13.
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen.
Behold, the days come ... that the mountains shall drop sweet wine (mustum). Amos 9:11, 13.
In Micah:
In that day ... shall one lament.... We are utterly spoiled. Micah 2:4.
In the last days [it shall come to pass that] the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains.
In that day ... will I assemble the halt. Micah 4:1, 6.
In that day ... I will cut off thy horses ... and thy chariots. Micah 5:10.
The day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh.
The day is at hand for building the walls.
In that day he shall come even to thee. Micah 7:4, 11-12.
In Habakkuk:
The vision is yet for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak ... though it tarry, wait for it because it will surely come, it will not tarry. Habakkuk 2:3.
O Jehovah, do thy work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make it known ... God will come. Habakkuk 3:2-3.
In Zephaniah:
The day of Jehovah is at hand.
In the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, I will punish the princes and the king's children.
In that day ... there shall be the noise of a cry.
At that time I will search Jerusalem with candles. The great day of Jehovah is near.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of vastation and devastation, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and obscurity.
A day of the trumpet and shout of alarm.
In the day of Jehovah's wrath; the whole land shall be devoured ... and He shall make a speedy consummation with all them that dwell in the land. Zephaniah 1:7-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 18.
Before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
It may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger. Zephaniah 2:2-3.
Wait ye upon me ... until the day that I rise up to the prey; for it is my judgment.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not.
At that time I will undo all that afflict thee.
At that time I will bring again; at that time I will gather you together: for I will make you a name and a praise. Zephaniah 3:[8,] 11, 16, 19-20.
In Zechariah:
I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day.
In that day ... shall ye call every man (vir) his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. 3Zechariah 3:9-10.
Then many nations shall be joined to Jehovah in that day. Zechariah 2:11.
In those days ten men (viri) ... shall take hold of the skirt of him (vir) that is a Jew. Zechariah 8:23.
And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of His people. Zechariah 9:16.
My covenant was broken in that day. Zechariah 11:11.
In that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples.
In that day ... I will smite every horse with astonishment.
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a furnace of fire among the wood.
In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
In that day I will seek to destroy all the nations.
In that day mourning shall increase in Jerusalem. Zechariah 12:3-4, 6, 8-9, 11.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in that day ... that I will cut off the names of the idols in the land.
In that day the prophets shall be ashamed. Zechariah 13:1-2, 4.
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh.
His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives.
In that day there shall not be light and brightness but it shall be one day which shall be known to Jehovah, not day nor night ... at evening time it shall be light.
In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. In that day shall there be one Jehovah, and His name one.
In that day there shall be a great tumult from Jehovah.
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness unto Jehovah.
In that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of Jehovah, Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6[-9], 13, 20-21.
In Malachi:
Who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth?
That they may be mine ... in that day when I make up my jewels (A.V. marg. treasure). Malachi 3:2, 17.
Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven.
Behold, I send (A.V. will send) you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah. Malachi 4:1, 5.
In the Psalms:
In His days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace ...
He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. Psalm 72:7-8 besides other places.
Footnotes:
1. Jehovah. Such reverence was attached to His name by the Jews that they refrained from using it except in special circumstances. For this reason the term LORD has been employed in versions of the Old Testament where the word for Jehovah appears in the original. Where JEHOVAH is printed herein in small capitals the A. V. has "the LORD." See The True Christian Religion 81.
2. This Hebrew title for the Lord is always translated in the A. V. by "Almighty." An explanation on the use of this title may be seen in Arcana Caelestia 1992.
3. Order as in Orig. Ed.
4. In confirmation of this, I shall in this first chapter merely list the passages from the Word which contain the expressions "that day," "in that day," and "in that time;" in which, by "day," and "time," is meant the Lord's advent.
In Isaiah:
It shall come to pass in the futurity of days that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains. Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day. The day of Jehovah of Armiea shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty. In that day a man shall cast away his idols of silver and of gold (Isaiah 2:2, 11-12, 20).
In that day the Lord Jehovih will take away their ornament (Isaiah 3:18).
In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious (Isaiah 4:2).
In that day it shall roar against him, and he shall look unto the land, and behold darkness and distress, and the light shall be darkened in the ruins (Isaiah 5:30).
It shall come to pass in that day that Jehovah shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt. In that day the Lord shall shave in the crossings of the river. In that day He shall vivify. In that day every place shall be for briers and thorns (Isaiah 7:18, 20, 21, 23).
What will ye do in the day of visitation, which shall come? In that day Israel shall stay upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth (Isaiah 10:3, 20).
It shall come to pass in that day, that the Root of Jesse, which standeth for an ensign of the peoples, shall the nations seek, and His rest shall be glory. Chiefly in that day shall the Lord seek again the remnant of His people (Isaiah 11:10-11).
In that day thou shalt say, I will confess unto Thee, O Jehovah. In that day shall ye say, Confess ye to Jehovah, call upon His name (Isaiah 12:1, 4).
The day of Jehovah is at hand, as a laying waste from Shaddai shall it come. Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, and of indignation, and of wrath, and of anger. I will move the heaven, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, in the day of the wrath of His anger. His time is near, and it cometh, and the days shall not be prolonged (Isaiah 13:6, 9, 13, 22).
It shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin. In that day shall a man look unto his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel. In that day shall the cities of refuge be as the forsaken places of the forest (Isaiah 17:4, 7, 9).
In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak with the lip of Canaan. In that day there shall be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of Egypt. In that day there shall be a path from Egypt to Assyria, and Israel shall be in the midst of the land (Isaiah 19:18-19, 23, 24).
The inhabitant of the island shall say in that day, Behold our expectation (Isaiah 20:6).
A day of tumult, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord Jehovih of Armies (Isaiah 22:5).
In that day shall Jehovah visit upon the army of the height, and upon the kings of the earth. After a multitude of days shall they be visited; then shall the moon blush, and the sun be ashamed (Isaiah 24:21-22, 23).
It shall be said 1in that day, Lo, this is our God, for whom we have waited, that He may deliver us (Isaiah 25:9).
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah, We have a strong city (Isaiah 26:1).
In that day Jehovah shall visit with His sword. In that day ye shall answer to it, A vineyard of unmixed wine (Isaiah 27:1-2, 12-13).
In that day shall Jehovah of Armies be for a crown of ornament, and for a diadem (Isaiah 28:5).
In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of darkness (Isaiah 29:18).
There shall be streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers shall fall; and the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, in the day that Jehovah shall bind up the hurt of His people (Isaiah 30:25-26).
In that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver and of gold (Isaiah 31:7).
The day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of His recompenses (Isaiah 34:8).
These two things shall come to thee in one day, the loss of children and widowhood (Isaiah 47:9).
My people shall know My name, and in that day that I am He that doth speak; behold it is I (Isaiah 52:6).
Jehovah hath anointed Me to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourn (Isaiah 61:1-2).
The day of vengeance is in My heart, and the year of My redeemed come (Isaiah 63:4).
In Jeremiah:
In those days ye shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah. In that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah. In those days the house of Judah shall walk to the house of Israel (Jeremiah 3:16-18).
In that day the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes, and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets (Jeremiah 4:9).
Behold the days come in which the land shall become a waste (Jeremiah 7:32, 34).
They shall fall among them that fall, in the day of their visitation (Jeremiah 8:12).
Behold the days come that I will visit all that is circumcised with what is uncircumcised (Jeremiah 9:25).
In the time of their visitation they shall perish (Jeremiah 10:15).
There shall be no remains to them, I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation (Jeremiah 11:23).
Behold, the days come in which it shall no more be said (Jeremiah 16:14).
I will look upon them in the nape, and not the faces, in the day of their destruction (Jeremiah 18:17).
Behold, the days come in which I will give this place for a waste (Jeremiah 19:6).
Behold, the days come that I will raise unto David a righteous offshoot, who shall reign as king. In those days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. Therefore, behold, the days come that they shall no more say . . . I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation. In the end of days ye shall understand intelligence (Jeremiah 23:5, 6, 7, 12, 20).
Behold, the days come in which I will turn again. Alas! for that day is great, and none shall be like it. It shall come to pass in that day that I will break the yoke, and burst the bonds (Jeremiah 30:3, 7-8).
There shall be a day that the watchman upon Mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, let us ascend Zion, unto Jehovah our God. Behold, the days come that I will make a new covenant. Behold, the days come that the city shall be built to Jehovah (Jeremiah 31:6, 31, 38).
The days come that I will establish the good word. In those days and at that time, will I make a righteous offshoot unto David. In those days shall Judah be saved (Jeremiah 33:14-16).
I will bring words against this city for evil in that day. But I will deliver thee in that day (Jeremiah 39:16-17).
That day is to the Lord Jehovih of Armies a day of vengeance, that He will take vengeance of His enemies. The day of destruction has come upon them, the time of their visitation (Jeremiah 46:10, 21).
Because of the day that cometh to lay waste (Jeremiah 47:4).
I will bring upon him the year of visitation. Yet I will bring again his captivity in the end of days (Jeremiah 48:44, 47).
I will bring destruction upon them in the time of their visitation. Her young men shall fall in the streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day. In the end of days I will bring again their captivity (Jeremiah 49:8, 26, 39).
In those days, and in that time, the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah shall come together, and shall seek Jehovah their God. In those days, and in that time, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none. Woe unto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation (Jeremiah 50:4, 20, 27, 31).
They are vanity, a work of errors, in the time of their visitation they shall perish (Jeremiah 51:18).
In Ezekiel:
An end is come, the end is come, the morning cometh upon thee; the time is come, the day of tumult is near. Behold the day, behold it cometh, the morning hath gone forth, the rod hath blossomed, violence hath budded. The day is come, the time is come upon all the multitude thereof. Their silver and gold shall not deliver them in the day of the anger of Jehovah (Ezekiel 7:6, 7, 10, 12, 19).
They said of the prophet, The vision that he seeth shall come to pass after many days; he prophesieth for times that are far off (Ezekiel 12:27).
They shall not stand in the war in the day of the anger of Jehovah (Ezekiel 13:5).
Thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is done, in the time of the iniquity of the end (Ezekiel 21:25).
A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, so that thou art come to thy years (Ezekiel 22:3-4).
Shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength? In that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee to the instructing of thine ears. In that day shall thy mouth be opened together with him that is escaped (Ezekiel 24:25-27).
In that day will I cause a horn to grow unto the house of Israel (Ezekiel 29:21).
Howl ye, Woe worth the day! for the day of Jehovah is near, the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud, it shall be the time of the nations. In that day shall messengers go forth from Me (Ezekiel 30:2-3, 9).
In the day in which thou shalt go down into hell (Ezekiel 31:15).
I will search for My flock in the day that he shall be in the midst of his flock; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered, in the day of cloud and of thick darkness (Ezekiel 34:11-12).
In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities (Ezekiel 36:33).
Prophesy and say, In that day when My people Israel shall sit securely, shalt thou not know it? In the futurity of days I will lead thee to My land. In that day, even the day when Gog shall come upon the land. In My zeal, in the fire of Mine indignation, if not in this day, there shall be a great earthquake upon the land of Israel (Ezekiel 38:14, 16, 18-19).
Behold, it cometh, this day of which I have spoken. It shall come to pass in that day that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in the land of Israel, so that the house of Israel shall know that I am Jehovah their God, from that day and forward (Ezekiel 39:8, 11, 22).
In Daniel:
God in the heavens hath revealed secrets, what shall be in the futurity of days (Daniel 2:28).
The time came that the saints possessed the kingdom (Daniel 7:22).
Attend, for at the time of the end shall be the vision. And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the anger, for at the time appointed shall the end be. The vision of the evening and the morning is truth; shut thou up the vision, for it shall be for many days (Daniel 8:17, 19, 26).
I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the end of days; for the vision is yet for days (Daniel 10:14).
The intelligent shall be proved to purge and cleanse them, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time appointed (Daniel 11:35).
At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince who standeth for the sons of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation. At that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book (Daniel 12:1).
Thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. But from the time that the continual [burnt-offering] shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh waste be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Thou shall arise into thy lot at the end of the days (Daniel 12:4, 11, 13).
In Hosea:
I will make an end of the kingdom of the house of Israel. In that day I will break the bow of Israel. Great shall be the day of Jezreel (Hosea 1:4-5, 11).
In that day thou shalt call Me, my Husband. In that day I will make a covenant for them. In that day I will hear (Hosea 2:16, 18, 21).
The sons of Israel shall return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, in the end of days (Hosea 3:5).
Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; after two days He will revive us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before him (Hosea 6:1-2).
The days of visitation are come; the days of retribution are come (Hosea 9:7).
In Joel:
Alas for the day, for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as a laying waste from Shaddai shall it come (Joel 1:15).
The day of Jehovah cometh, nigh is the day of darkness and of thick darkness, a day of cloud and of obscurity. The day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can endure it? (Joel 2:1, 2, 11).
Upon the servants, and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My spirit. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah is come (Joel 2:29, 31).
Behold, in those days, and in that time, which I will bring back, I will gather all nations. The day of Jehovah is near. It shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop new wine (Joel 3:1-2, 14, 18).
In Obadiah:
Shall I not in that day destroy the wise men out of Edom? Neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over them in the day of their destruction, in the day of their distress. For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations (8, 12, 15).
In Amos:
He that is courageous in his heart shall flee away naked in that day (Amos 2:16).
In the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him (Amos 3:14).
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! What to you is the day of Jehovah? it is one of darkness, and not of light. Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even thick darkness, and no brightness in it? (Amos 5:18, 20.)
The songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day. In that day I will cause the sun to go down at noon; and I will darken the earth in the day of light. In that day shall the beautiful virgins and the young men faint for thirst (Amos 8:3, 9, 13).
In that day I will raise up the tent of David that is fallen. Behold, the days come that the mountains shall drop new wine (Amos 9:11, 13).
In Micah:
In that day shall one lament, We be utterly laid waste (Micah 2:4).
In the end of days the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established at the head of the mountains. In that day will I gather her that halteth (Micah 4:1, 6).
In that day I will cut off thy horses and thy chariots (Micah 5:10).
The day of thy watchmen, and thy visitation, cometh. The day is at hand for building thy walls. In that day he shall come even to thee (Micah 7:4, 11-12).
In Habakkuk:
The vision is yet for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak; though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not delay (Habakkuk 2:3).
O Jehovah do Thy work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make known God cometh (Habakkuk 3:2, 3).
In Zephaniah:
The day of Jehovah is at hand. In the day of Jehovah's sacrifice I will visit upon the princes, and upon the king's sons. In that day there shall be the voice of a cry. At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamPsalm The great day of Jehovah is near. That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and overclouding, a day of the trumpet and of sounding. In the day of Jehovah's wrath the whole land shall be devoured, and He shall make a speedy end of all them that dwell in the land (Zephaniah 1:7-8, 10, 12, 14-16, 18).
Before the day of Jehovah's anger has come upon us. It may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger (Zephaniah 2:2-3).
Wait ye upon Me until the day that I rise up to the prey, for it is My judgment. In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy works. In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not. At that time I will deal with thine oppressors. At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you; for I will make you a name, and a praise (Zephaniah 3:8, 11, 16, 19-20).
In Zechariah:
Many nations shall cleave to Jehovah in that day (Zechariah 2:11).
I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. In that day shall ye cry every man to his companion under the vine and under the fig tree (Zechariah 3:9-10).
In those days ten men shall take hold of the skirt of a man that is a Jew (Zechariah 8:23).
Jehovah their God shall serve them in that day, as the flock of His people (Zechariah 9:16).
My covenant was broken in that day (Zechariah 11:11).
In that day will I make Jerusalem a stone of burden for all peoples. In that day I will smite every horse with astonishment. In that day will I make the leaders of Judah like a furnace of fire among the wood. In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In that day I will seek to destroy all nations. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3-4, 6, 8, 9, 11).
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in that day I will cut off the names of the idols in the land. In that day the prophets shall be ashamed (Zechariah 13:1-4).
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh. His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives. In that day there shall not be light and brightness; but it shall be one day which shall be known unto Jehovah; not day, nor night, at evening time there shall be light. In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. In that day there shall be one Jehovah, and His name one. In that day there shall be a great tumult from Jehovah. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness unto Jehovah. In that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah (Zechariah 14:1, 4, 6-9, 13, 20-21).
In Malachi:
Who may abide the day of His coming, and who shall stand when He appeareth? They shall be Mine in the day wherein I do make a peculiar treasure. Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven. Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of Jehovah (Malachi 3:2, 17; 4:1, 5).
In David:
In His days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, and He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth (Psalm 72:7-8, besides other places).
Footnotes:
1. The Latin has "Jehovah shall say."
4. Ad confirmandum quod ita sit, velim in primo hoc articulo solum adducere loca e Verbo, ubi dicitur "dies ille," "in die illo," "inque tempore illo;" in quibus per "diem" et per "tempus" intelligitur Adventus Domini:- Apud Esaiam,
"Fiet in posteritate dierum, stabilis erit mons Jehovae in capite montium." "Exaltabitur Jehovah solus in die illo." "Dies Jehovae Zebaoth super omnem magnificum et altum." "In die illo projiciet homo idola argenti et auri sui" (2:2, 11-12, 20).
"In die illo removebit Dominus Jehovih ornatum" (3:18).
"In die illo erit germen Jehovae in decus et gloriam" (4:2).
"Fremet contra eum in die illo,... ac despiciet in terram, quae ecce tenebrae, anxietas, et lux obtenebrescet in ruinis" (5:30).
"Fiet in die illo, sibilabit Jehovah muscae in extremitate fluviorum Aegypti." "In die illo detondebit Dominus... in transitibus fluvii." "In die illo vivificabit." "Erit in die illo omnis locus... in senticetum et vepretum" (7:18, 20-21, 23).
"Quid facietis in die visitationis,... qui veniet?" "In die illo... Israel" innitetur Jehovae, Sancto Israelis in veritate" (10:3, 20).
"Fiet in die illo. radicem Jischaji, quae stans in signum populorum,... gentes quaerent: et erit quies Ipsius gloria." "Imprimis in die illo Dominus... requiret reliquias populi sui" (11:10-11).
"Dices in die illo, Confitebor tibi Jehovah." "Dicetis in die illo, Confitemini Jehovae, invocate nomen Ipsius" (12:1, 4).
"Propinquus est dies Jehovae, sicut devastatio a Schaddai veniet." "Ecce dies Jehovae venit crudelis, et indignationis, et excandescencentiae, et irae." "Commovebo caelum, et trepidabit terra e loco suo, in die excandescentiae irae Ipsius." "Propinquum est tempus Ipsius, et veniet(? ut veniat), et dies... non extrahentur" (13:6, 9, 13, 22).
"Fiet in die illo, atteretur gloria Jacobi." "In die illo respiciet homo ad Factorem suum, et oculi... ad Sanctum Israelis." "In die illo erunt urbes refugii... in derelicta silvae" (17:4, 7, 9).
"In die illo erunt quinque civitates in terra Aegypti, loquentes labia Canaanis." "In die illo erit altare Jehovae in medio... Aegypti, (et cognoscent Aegyptii Jehovam in die illo...)." "In die illo erit semita ex Aegypto in Aschurem, et... (in die illo) Israel erit... in medio terrae" (19:18-19, 21, 23-24 1).
"Dicet habitator insulae... in die illo, Ecce... exspectatio nostra" ((20:6)).
"Dies tumultus, et conculcationis, et perplexitatis, Domino Jehovih Zebaoth" (22:5, 12 2).
"In die illo visitabit Jehovah super exercitum altitudinis..., et super reges terrae." "Post multitudinem dierum visitabuntur; tunc erubescet luna, et pudefiet sol" (24:21, (22,) 23).
3Jehovah "dicet in die illo, Ecce Deus noster hic, quem exspectavimus, ut liberet nos" (25:9).
"In die illo cantabitur canticum hoc in terra Jehudae, 4Urbs valida nobis" (26:1 5).
"In die illo visitabit Jehovah gladio suo." "In die illo respondete illi, Vinea meri" (27:1-2, 12-13).
"In die illo erit Jehovah Zebaoth in coronam ornatus et in cidarim" (28:5).
"Tunc audient in die illo surdi verba Libri,... eque tenebris oculi caecorum videbunt" (29:18).
"Erunt... ductus aquarum in die caedis magnae, cum cadent turres, et ...lux lunae sicut lux solis,... in die quo obligabit Jehovah fracturam populi sui" (30:25-26).
"In die illo rejicient vir idola argenti... et auri sui" (31:7).
"Dies vindictae Jehovae, annus retributionum Ipsius " (34:8).
"Venient tibi duo illa... in uno die, orbitas et viduitas" (47:9).
"Cognoscet populus meus nomen meum, et in die illo... Ego Ille, qui loquens, Ecce Me" (52:6).
"Unxit Jehovah Me,... ad proclamandum annum beneplaciti Jehovae et diem vindictae Deo nostro, ad consolandum omnes lugentes" (61:1-2).
"Dies vindictae in corde meo, et annus redemptorum meorum venit" (63:4).
Apud Jeremiam,
"In diebus illis... non dicetis 6amplius, Arca foederis Jehovae. In tempore illo vocabunt Hierosolymam thronum Jehovae. In diebus illis ibunt domus Jehudae ad domum Israelis" (3:16-18).
"In die illo... peribit cor regis, et cor principum, et obstupescent sacerdotes et prophetae (admirabuntur)" (4:9).
"Ecce dies venientes,... quibus in vastitatem evadet terra" (7:32 (,34)).
"Cadent inter cadentes in die 7visitationis eorum" (8:12).
"Ecce dies venientes,... visitabo omnem circumcisum in praeputio" (9:24 [NCBSP: 25]).
"In tempore visitationis eorum peribunt" (10:15 8).
"Reliquiae non erunt eis, adducam malum super" illos "anno visitationis illorum" (11:23 9).
"Ecce dies venientes,... quibus non dicetur amplius... (16:14).
"Cervice et non faciebus respiciam eos in die exitii illorum" (18:17).
"Ecce dies venientes,... quibus dabo locum hunc in devastationem (19:6(, 8)).
"Ecce dies venientes,... quibus suscitabo Davidi germen justum, qui regnet Rex." "In diebus illis salvabitur Jehudah, et Israel habitabit secure." "Quare ecce dies venientes,... quibus non dicent amplius..." "Adducam super illos malum anno visitationis illorum. "In extremitate dierum intelligetis intelligentiam" (23:5-7, 12, 20).
"Ecce dies venientes,... quibus conversurus." "Heu... magnus dies hic, et non erit sicut ille." "Fiet in die illo,... frangam jugum,... et vincula... avellam" (30:3, 7-8).
"Dies erit, quo clamabant custodes in monte Ephraim, Surgite,... ascendamus Sionem, ad Jehovam Deum nostrum." "Ecce dies venientes,... quibus pangam..., foedus novum." "Ecce dies venientes,... quibus aedificabitur urbs Jehovae" (31:6, 27, 31, 38).
"Dies venientes,... quibus stabiliam verbum bonum." "In diebus illis, et in tempore illo germinare faciam Davidi germen justum." "In diebus illis salvabitur Jehudah" (33:14-16).
"Adducam verba... contra urbem hanc in malum... in die illo. Te autem eripiam in die illo" (39:16-17).
"Dies ille Domino Jehovih Zebaoth dies ultionis, vindictam sumet de hostibus suis." "Dies exitii... venit super eos, tempus visitationis eorum" (46:10, 21).
"Propter diem venientem ad vastandum" (47:4).
"Adducam super illum... annum visitationis." "Reducam tamen captivitatem ejus in extremitate dierum" (48:44, 47).
"Exitium adducam. super eos tempore visitationis eorum." "Cadent juvenes ejus in plateis, et omnes viri belli exscindentur in die illo." "In extremitate dierum reducam captivitatem" illorum (49:8, 26, 39).
"In diebus illis et in tempore illo... venient filii Israelis... et filii Jehudae simul,... et Jehovam Deum suum quaerent." "In diebus illis et in tempore illo... quaeretur iniquitas Israelis, et non illa." "Vae illis, quia venit dies illorum, tempus visitationis illorum" (50:4, 20, 27, 31).
"Vanitas illa, opus errorum, in tempore visitationis illorum peribunt" (51:18).
Apud Ezechielem,
"Finis venit, venit finis,... venit mane super te,... venit tempus, propinquus est dies tumultus." "Ecce dies, ecce venit, exivit mane, effloruit virga, germinavit violentia." "Advenit dies, advenit tempus... super omni multitudine ejus." "Non argentum et aurum eripient illos in die irae Jehovae" (7:6-7, 10, 12, 19).
Dicebant de Propheta, "Visio quam ille videns, fiet post dies multos; in tempora longinqua ille prophetans" (12:27).
"Non stabunt in bello in die" irae "Jehovae" (13:5).
"Tu confossus impius, princeps Israelis, cujus venit dies, in tempore iniquitatis finis" (21:30, (B.A 25, 29)).
"Urbs effundens sanguinem in medio sui, 10ut veniat tempus ejus; et appropinquare fecisti dies, ut venias ad annos 11tuos" (22:3-4).
"Nonne in die, quo abstulero ab iis robur?" "In die illo veniet ereptus ad te ad informationem aurium." "In die illo aperietur os tuum cum erepto (24:25-27).
"In die illo crescere faciam cornu domui Israelis" (29:21).
"Ejulate, heu diem, nam propinquus dies Jehovae, propinquus dies Jehovae, dies nubis, tempus gentium erit." "In die illo exibunt nuntii a Me" (30:2-3, 9).
"In die quo descensurus es in infernum" (31:15).
"Ego quaeram gregem meum,... in die quo erit in medio gregis" tui,... et eripiam eos ex omnibus locis quo dispersi fuerunt, 12in die nubis et caliginis" (34:11-12).
"In die, quo mundavero vos ab omnibus iniquitatibus vestris" (36:33).
"Propheta et dic, Nonne in die illo, quo sedebit populus meus Israel secure, cognosces?" "In posteritate dierum deducam te in terram meam." "In die illo, in die quo veniet Gog super terram." "In zelo meo, in igne 13indignationis meae, si non in die hoc fuerit terrae motus magnus super terra Israelis" (38:14, 16, 18-19).
"Ecce venit,... hic dies de quo locutus sum." "Fiet in die illo, dabo Gogo locum sepulcro in terra Israelis;... ut cognoscat domus Israelis, quod Ego Jehovah Deus illorum ex die illo et deinceps (39:8, 11, 22 14).
Apud Danielem,
"Deus in caelis revelavit arcana,... quid futurum in posteritate dierum" (2:28).
"Tempus advenit, ut regnum confirmarent sancti" (7:22).
"Attende,... quia ad tempus finis visio." "Dixit, Ecce ego notum faciam tibi, quod futurum in extremitate irae, quia ad statum tempus finis." "Visio vesperae et mane... veritas est; tu... reconde visionem, quia in dies multos" (8:17, 19, 26).
"Veni ad faciendum te intelligere, quid obveniet populo tuo in extremitate dierum, quia adhuc visio in dies" (Danielem 10:14-15 [NCBSP: 14).
"Intelligentes... probabuntur ad purgandum et mundandum, usque ad tempus finis, nam adhuc ad statum tempus" (11:35).
"In tempore illo surget Michael princeps magnus, qui stat pro filiis populi tui, et erit tempus angustiae, quale non fuit, ex quo gens. In tempore hoc tamen eripietur populus tuus, omnis qui invenietur scriptus in libro" (12:1).
"Tu, Daniel, occlude verba, et obsigna librum usque ad tempus finis." "A tempore vero, quo removebitur juge, et dabitur abominatio devastans, dies mille ducenti nonaginta." "Surges in sortem tuam sub finem dierum" (12:4, 9, 11, 13 15).
Apud Hoscheam,
"Finem faciam regni domus Israelis." "In die illo frangam arcum Israelis." "Magnus dies Israelis" 16(1:(4,), 11).
"In die illo... vocabis, Marite mi." "Feriam illis foedus in die illo." "in die illo exaudiam" (2:16, 18, 21).
"Revertentur filii Israelis, et quaerent Jehovam Deum..., et Davidem regem suum,... in, extremitate dierum" (3:5).
"Ecce in diebus illis, et in tempore illo, quibus reducam" (4:1(B.A. Joel 3:1?);
"Ite et revertamur ad Jehovam,... vivificabit nos post biduum, et in die tertio eriget nos, et vivemus coram Ipso" (6:1-2).
"Venerunt dies visitationis, venerunt dies retributionis" (9:7),
Apud Joelem,
"Heu dies, quia propinquus dies Jehovae, et sicut devastatio a Schaddai veniet" (1:15).
"Venit dies Jehovae, propinquus dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nubis et obscuritatis. Magnus dies Jehovae et terribilis valde, et quis sustinebit illum?" (2:1-2, 11.)
"Super servos et ancillas in diebus illis effundam spiritum meum." "Sol vertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus et terribilis" (3:2, 4 (B.A. 2:29, 31)).
"In diebus illis, et in tempore illo.... congregabo omnes gentes. Propinquus est dies Jehovae." "Fiet in die illo stillabunt montes mustum" (4:(B.A. 3:)1, (2,), 14, 18)).
Apud Obadiam,
"In die illo... perdam sapientes ex Edomo." "Ne laeteris super" illis "in die interitus eorum,... In die angustiae eorum." "Propinquus namque dies Jehovae super omnes gentes" (vers. 8, 12-15).
Apud Amosum,
"Fortis corde... fugiet nudus in die illo" (2:16).
"In die quo visitaturus praevaricationes Israelis super illum" (3:14).
"Vae desiderantibus diem Jehovae. Quid vobis dies Jehovae? ille tenebrarum et non lucis." "Nonne tenebrae erit dies Jehovae, et non lux? et caligo, non autem splendor illi?" (5:13, 18, 20.)
"Ejulabunt cantica templi in die illo." "In die illo... occidere faciam solem in meridie; et obtenebrabo terram in die lucis." "In die illo deficient virgines pulchrae et juvenes siti" (8:3, 9, 13).
"In die illo erigam tentorium Davidis collapsum." "Ecce dies venientes... ut stillent montes mustum" (9:11, 13 17).
Apud Micham,
"In die illo... lamentabitur,... vastando vastati sumus" (2:4).
"In extremitate dierum erit mons domus Jehovae constitutus in caput montium." "In die... colligam claudum" (4:1, 6).
"In illo die... exscindam equos tuos... et currus tuos" (5:9 (B.A. 10)).
"Dies speculatorum tuorum, visitatio tua venit." "Dies adest ad aedificandum macerias." "Dies hic usque ad te veniet" (7:4, 11-12 18).
Apud Habakuk,
"Adhuc visio in tempus constitutum, et effatur in finem;... si morabitur, exspecta illud 19quia veniendo veniet, nec procrastinabitur" (2:3).
"Jehovah,... in medio annorum fac opus tuum: in medio annorum notum facias;... Deus veniet" (3:2(, 3)).
Apud Zephaniam,
"Propinquus est dies Jehovae," "In die sacrificii Jehovae visitabo super principes, et super filios regis." "In die illo... erit vox clamoris." "In tempore illo perscrutabor Hierosolymam lucernis." "Propinquus dies Jehovae magnus." "Dies excandescentiae dies hic; dies angustiae et coarctationis; dies vastationis et devastationis; dies tenebrarum et caliginis; dies nubis et obnubilationis: dies buccinae et clangoris." "In die excandescentiae Jehovae, comedetur tota terra; et consummationem festinatam faciet cum omnibus habitatoribus terrae" (1:7-10, 12, 14-16, 18).
"Cum nondum venit super vos 20... dies irae Jehovah" "Forte abscondemini in die irae Jehovae" (2:2-3).
"Exspectate Me... usque ad diem surgere meum ad praedam, nam judicium meum." "In die illo non pudefies ab... operibus tuis." "In die illo dicetur Hierosolymae, Ne time." "Conficiam oppressores tuos in tempore illo." "In tempore illo adducam vos. In tempore illo congregabo vos, quia dabo vos in nomen et in laudem" (3:(8,), 11, 16, 19-20).
Apud Zachariam,
"Tunc adhaerebunt gentes multae Jehovae in die illo" (Zachariam 2:15 [NCBSP: 11]). 21
"Removebo iniquitatem terrae... in die uno. In die illo... clamabitis vir ad Socium suum, sub vitem et sub ficum" (3:9-10). 21
"In diebus illis... apprehendent decem viri alam viri Judaei" (8:23).
"Servabit illos Jehovah Deus illorum in die illo sicut gregem populum suum" (9:16).
Foedus meum "ruptum est in die illo" (11:11).
"In die illo ponam Hierosolymam lapidem oneris omnibus populis." "In die... percutiam omnem equum stupore." "In die illo ponam duces Jehudae sicut fornacem ignis in lignis." "In die illo proteget Jehovah habitatores Hierosolymae." "In die illo quaeram perdere omnes gentes." "In die illo crescet planctus in Hierosolyma" (12:3-4, 6, 8-9, 11).
"In die illo fons erit apertus domui Davidis et habitatoribus Hierosolymae." "Fiet in die illo... exscindam nomina idolorum in terra." "In die illo pudefient prophetae" (13:1-4).
"Ecce dies veniens Jehovae." "Stabunt pedes Ipsius in die illo super Monte Olivarum." "In die illo non erit lux et splendor... Dies unus qui notus erit Jehovae; non dies, non nox, circa tempus vesperae erit lux." "In die illo exibunt aquae vivae ex Hierosolyma." "In die illo erit Jehovah unus, et nomen Ipsius unum." "In die illo erit tumultuatio Jehovae magna." "In die illo erit super tintinnabulis equorum, Sanctitas Jehovae." "Non erit amplius Cananaeus in domo Jehovae... in die illo" (14:1, 4, 6, (9,) 13, 20-21).
Apud Malachiam,
"Quis sustinet diem adventus Ipsius, et quis consistet cum apparuerit?"
"Ut sint Mihi in die quem facio, in peculium." "Ecce dies veniens ardens sicut clibanus." "Ecce Ego mitto vobis Eliam Prophetam, antequam venit dies Jehovae magnus et terribilis" (Malachiam 3:2, 17, 19, 23).
Apud Davidem,
"Florebit in diebus Ipsius justus, et multa pax:... et dominabitur a mari ad mare, et a fluvio usque ad fines terrae" (Psalm 72:7-8).
(Praeter alibi.)
Footnotes:
1. "In die illo erunt quinque civitates......exspectatio nostra" [(19:6)]:--Hic translatione verborum usi sumus. Editio princeps habet:--Dicet habitator insulae in DIE ILLO, ecce exspectatio nostra. In DIE ILLO erunt quinque civitates in terra Aegypti, loquentes labia Canaanis. In DIE ILLO erit Altare Jehovae in medio Aegypti. In DIE ILLO erit semita ex Aegypto in Aschurem, et Israel erit in medio terrae: 19:6, 18, 21, 24." Duae hic citationes a typotheta commixtae videntur.
2. 12 pro "11"
3. Jehovah dicet:--sic edit. princeps; plurimis in locis autem legitur, "Et dicetur"
4. Jehudae pro "Jehovae"
5. xxvi. pro "xxv."
6. "dicetis:"--sic edit. princeps; vide autem Apocalypsis Explicata 700[g], ubi legitur "dicent," quod textum Hebraicum rectius interpretatur.
7. "die:"--Arcana Coelestia 2242, habet "tempore," quod praeferendum est.
8. 15 pro "5"
9. 23 pro "13"
10. sui pro "tui:" vide Arcana Coelestia 374.
11. annos pro "amores:" vide Arcana Coelestia 488.
12. fuerunt, in pro "fuerunt. In"
13. igne pro "die:" vide Apocalypsis Explicata 342[c], Apocalypsis Explicata 400[c].
14. 22 pro "12"
15. xii. pro "xiii."
16. "Israelis:"--sic editio princeps: forsitan legeres Jisreelis, pro Jizreelis; vide Hoscheam 2:22, Arcana Coelestia 3580.
17. 13 pro "3"
18. 4 pro "5"
19. "illud:" sic editio princeps: vide autem Arcana Coelestia 9416; Coronis 60; quibus in locis legitur "illum:" Dicta Prob., p. 57, habet "illam."
20. vos pro "nos:" vide Apocalypsis Explicata 413[b]; Apocalypsis Revelata 340; Dicta Prob., p. 30.
21. Hae citationes duae inter se translatae sunt.