Zephaniah 1:15

¹⁵Judgment Day is payday--my anger paid out: a day of distress and anguish, a day of catastrophic doom, a day of darkness at noon, a day of black storm clouds,

Zephaniah 1 opens with a sweeping announcement of judgment against Judah and all creation. The prophet traces the coming "day of the Lord" as a time of divine reckoning for idolatry, complacency, and violence. The chapter moves from cosmic scope (the earth consumed) to specific indi