Matthew 24:21
New International Version
21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.(A)
Daniel 12:1
New International Version
The End Times
12 “At that time Michael,(A) the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress(B) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book(C)—will be delivered.(D)
Joel 2:2
New International Version
Malachi 4:1
New International Version
Judgment and Covenant Renewal
4 [a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them.
Footnotes
- Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.
Luke 21:24
New International Version
24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled(A) on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
New International Version
16 in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles(A) so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit.(B) The wrath of God has come upon them at last.[a]
Footnotes
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or them fully
Luke 19:43-44
New International Version
43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(B) They will not leave one stone on another,(C) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(D) to you.”
Matthew 24:29
New International Version
29 “Immediately after the distress of those days
Footnotes
- Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
Zechariah 14:2-3
New International Version
2 I will gather all the nations(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(D) 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight(E) against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle.(F)
Joel 1:2
New International Version
An Invasion of Locusts
Isaiah 66:15-16
New International Version
Hebrews 10:26-29
New International Version
26 If we deliberately keep on sinning(A) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,(B) no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire(C) that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.(D) 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God(E) underfoot,(F) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant(G) that sanctified them,(H) and who has insulted the Spirit(I) of grace?(J)
Mark 13:9
New International Version
9 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.(A) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
Daniel 9:26
New International Version
26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(A) and will have nothing.[a] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(B) War will continue until the end, and desolations(C) have been decreed.(D)
Footnotes
- Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
Isaiah 65:12-16
New International Version
12 I will destine you for the sword,(A)
and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(B)
for I called but you did not answer,(C)
I spoke but you did not listen.(D)
You did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”(E)
13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“My servants will eat,(F)
but you will go hungry;(G)
my servants will drink,(H)
but you will go thirsty;(I)
my servants will rejoice,(J)
but you will be put to shame.(K)
14 My servants will sing(L)
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(M)
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(N)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.(O)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(P) in the land
will do so by the one true God;(Q)
whoever takes an oath in the land
will swear(R) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(S) will be forgotten
and hidden from my eyes.
Zechariah 11:8-9
New International Version
8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested(A) me, and I grew weary of them 9 and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish.(B) Let those who are left eat(C) one another’s flesh.”
Psalm 69:22-28
New International Version
22 May the table set before them become a snare;
may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(A)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.(B)
24 Pour out your wrath(C) on them;
let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(D)
let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(E)
26 For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(F)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(G)
do not let them share in your salvation.(H)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(I)
and not be listed with the righteous.(J)
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:22 Or snare / and their fellowship become
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