Sofonías 1:14

14 »Ese terrible día del Señor
está cerca.
Viene de prisa,
un día de llanto amargo,
un día cuando aun los hombres fuertes clamarán.

Sofonías 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and
hasteth greatly
Not the day of judgment, but the day of God's vengeance upon the Jews, which yet bore some resemblance to that day of the Lord, and it may be therefore so called; as the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans had some likeness to it, and therefore the signs of the one and of the other are given together by our Lord in ( Matthew 24:1-51 ) and this was a day in which he would do great things, by the Chaldeans, and against the Jews; and this is represented as very "near"; and repeated again for the confirmation of it, and to arouse the thoughtless and careless about it, and who put away this evil day far from them; yea, it is said to make great haste, and to fly away swiftly, even faster than time usually does; though in common it has wings ascribed unto it: [even] the voice of the day of the Lord;
in which the Lord's voice will be heard; not his voice of grace and mercy, as in the day of salvation; but of wrath and vengeance, which will be terrible; hence it follows: the mighty men shall cry there bitterly;
not the voice of the mighty men besieging the city, making a hideous noise to animate the soldiers in making the assault, as some; but the mighty men within the city of Jerusalem besieged, who, when they see the city broken up, would be in the utmost terror, and cry bitterly, like women and children, being quite dismayed and dispirited; even the men of war upon the walls, and in the garrisons, with their officers and generals; and if this would be the case with them, how must it be thought to be with others, the weak and timorous?

Sofonías 1:14 In-Context

12 »Buscaré con linternas en los rincones más oscuros de Jerusalén
para castigar a quienes descansen cómodos con sus pecados.
Piensan que el Señor
no les hará nada;
ni bueno ni malo.

13 Por eso serán despojados de sus posesiones y
sus casas serán saqueadas.
Construirán nuevas casas
pero nunca vivirán en ellas.
Plantarán viñedos
pero nunca beberán su vino.

14 »Ese terrible día del Señor
está cerca.
Viene de prisa,
un día de llanto amargo,
un día cuando aun los hombres fuertes clamarán.

15 Será un día cuando el Señor
derramará su ira,
un día de terrible aflicción y angustia,
un día de ruina y desolación,
un día de oscuridad y penumbra,
un día de nubes y de negrura,

16 un día de sonido de trompeta y gritos de batalla.
¡Caen las ciudades amuralladas
y las más sólidas fortificaciones!