1. Zephaniah 1:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does the reference to the nearness of the day of the Lord recall from Deuteronomy?

Zephaniah 1:14 (ESV)

14 The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there.

In the book of Deuteronomy, God had repeatedly assured Israel that if they departed from his law, they would perish quickly from the land (Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 28:20).1