2 Peter 3:10
New Living Translation
10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[a]
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- 3:10 Other manuscripts read will be burned up; one early manuscript reads will be found destroyed.
Revelation 21:1
New Living Translation
The New Jerusalem
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.
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Matthew 24:35
New Living Translation
35 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
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2 Peter 3:7
New Living Translation
7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
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Revelation 16:15
New Living Translation
15 “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”
Isaiah 51:6
New Living Translation
6 Look up to the skies above,
and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
but my salvation lasts forever.
My righteous rule will never end!
1 Thessalonians 5:2
New Living Translation
2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
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Mark 13:31
New Living Translation
31 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.
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2 Peter 3:12
New Living Translation
12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.
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Isaiah 34:4
New Living Translation
4 The heavens above will melt away
and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
like withered leaves from a grapevine,
or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
Revelation 3:3
New Living Translation
3 Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
Luke 12:39
New Living Translation
39 “Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.
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Matthew 24:42-43
New Living Translation
42 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. 43 Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into.
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Psalm 102:26
New Living Translation
26 They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.
Revelation 20:11
New Living Translation
The Final Judgment
11 And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.
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Nahum 1:5
New Living Translation
5 In his presence the mountains quake,
and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles,
and its people are destroyed.
Joel 2:31
New Living Translation
31 The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible[a] day of the Lord arrives.
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- 2:31 Greek version reads glorious.
Amos 9:5
New Living Translation
5 The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
touches the land and it melts,
and all its people mourn.
The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime,
and then it sinks again.
Hebrews 1:11-12
New Living Translation
11 They will perish, but you remain forever.
They will wear out like old clothing.
12 You will fold them up like a cloak
and discard them like old clothing.
But you are always the same;
you will live forever.”[a]
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1 Corinthians 5:5
New Living Translation
5 Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[a] and he himself[b] will be saved on the day the Lord[c] returns.
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Micah 1:4
New Living Translation
4 The mountains melt beneath his feet
and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
like water pouring down a hill.
Isaiah 24:19
New Living Translation
19 The earth has broken up.
It has utterly collapsed;
it is violently shaken.
Psalm 97:5
New Living Translation
5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
before the Lord of all the earth.
Amos 9:13
New Living Translation
13 “The time will come,” says the Lord,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
will drip with sweet wine!
Joel 2:1
New Living Translation
Locusts Invade like an Army
2 Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem[a]!
Raise the alarm on my holy mountain!
Let everyone tremble in fear
because the day of the Lord is upon us.
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