more say, &c. I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation. In the last days ye shall understand intelligence. xxii. 5, 6, 7. 12. 20. Lo, the days come, that I will cause them to return. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it. In that day I will break the yoke, and pull off the bands. xxx. 3. 7, 8. There shall be a day, when the watchmen upon mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, unto Jehovah our God !—Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah. Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a new covenant with them. xxxi. 6. 31. 38. The days come that I will perform the good word. In those days, and at that time, will I cause a just Branch to grow up unto David. In those days shall Judah be saved. xxxiii. 14, 15, 16. I will bring my words upon this city for evil in that day. But I will deliver thee in that day. xxxix. 16, 17. That day of the Lord Jehovih of hosts is a day of vengeance; He will take vengeance on his enemies. day of ruin is come upon them, and the time of their visi tation. xlvi. 10. 21. Because of the day that cometh to lay waste. xlvi. 4. I will bring upon it the year of visitation. Yet I will bring back his captivity in the latter days. xlviii. 44. 47. I will bring ruin upon them in the time of their visitation. Her young men shall fall in the streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day. In the latter days I will bring back their captivity. xlix. 8. 26. 39. In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel and the children of Judah shall come together, and seek Jehovah their God. In those days, and at that time, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and it shall not be. Wo unto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 1. 4. 20. 27. 31. They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish." li. 18.

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In EZEKIEL. "The end is come, the end is come; the morning is come upon thee; the time is come, the day of tumult is near. Behold, the day, behold, it is come. morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, violence hath budded. The time is come, the day draweth near upon all the multitude thereof. Silver and gold shall not deliver them in the day of the anger of Jehovah. vii. 6, 7. 10. 12. 19. They said concerning the prophet, the vision that he seeth shall come to pass after many days; he prophesieth for times that are afar off. xii. 27. They shall not stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah. xiii. 5. And thou profane,

wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time that iniquity shall have an end. xxi. 30. The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come; and thou hast made the days draw near, that thou mayst come to thy loves. xxii. 3, 4. Shall it not be in the day, when I take from them their strength? He that escapeth in that day, shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears. In that day thy mouth shall be opened to him that hath escaped. xxiv. 25, 26, 27. In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to grow. xxix. 21. Howl ye! Oh, the day, for the day is near, the day of Jehovah is near; a cloudy day, it will be the time of the nations. In that day messengers shall go forth from me. xxx. 3. 9. In the day when thou shalt descend into hell. xxxi. 15. I will seek my flock in the day when it is in the midst of thy flock; and will deliver them out of all places, whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. xxxiv. 12. In the day when I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities. xxxvi. 33. Prophesy and say, In that day, when my people Israel shall dwell securely, shalt thou not know it? In the latter days I will bring thee into my land. In the day when Gog shall come upon the land. In my zeal in the day of my indignation, surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. xxxviii. 14. 16. 18, 19. Behold it cometh; this is the day of which I have spoken; and it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for a sepulchre in the land of Israel; that the house of Israel may know that I am Jehovah their God, from that day and afterwards." xxxix. 8. 11. 21.

In DANIEL. "But there is a God in heaven, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known what shall be in the latter days. ii. 28. The time is come, that the saints should possess the kingdom. vii. 22. Attend, for at the time of the end shall be the vision. He said, Behold, I will make known to thee what shall be in the end of anger; for at the time appointed shall be the end. The vision of the evening and of the morning is truth; shut up the vision, for it shall be for many days. viii. 17. 19. 26. I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days; for yet the vision is for days. x. 14. The intelligent shall be proved, to purge and to cleanse them even unto the time of the end, for it is yet for a time appointed. xi. 35. At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be

a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation. Yet at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. xii. 1. Thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even unto the time of the end. From the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Thou shalt stand in thy lot at the end of the days." xii. 4. 11. 13.

In HOSEA. "I will make an end of the kingdom of the house of Israel. In that day I will break the bow of Israel. Great shall be the day of Jezreel. i. 4, 5. 11. In that day thou shalt say, My husband. In that day I will make a covenant for them. In that day I will hear. ii. 16. 18. 21. The children of Israel shall return and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, in the latter days. iii. 5. Come and let us return unto Jehovah ; after two days He will vivify us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live before Him. vi. 1, 2. The days of visitation are come, the days of retribution are come.

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In JOEL. 66 Alas, for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as devastation from the Almighty will it come. i. 15. The day of Jehovah cometh; a day of darkness and gloominess is at hand; a day of clouds and of thick darkness. The day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can endure it? ii. 1, 2. 11. In those days I will pour out my spirit upon the servants, and upon the handmaids. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh. ii. 28, 29. 31. In those days, and in that time, I will gather together all nations. The day of Jehovah is near. It shall come to pass in that day, the mountains shall drop down new wine." i. 1. 14. 18.

In OBADIAH. "In that day, I will destroy the wise men out of Edom. Do not rejoice over them in the day of their destruction, nor in the day of their distress. For the day of ehovah is near upon all the nations." 8. 12. 15.

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In AMOS. He that is courageous in heart shall flee away naked in that day. ii. 16. In the day that I shall visit the transgression of Israel upon him. iii. 14. Wo unto you that desire the day of Jehovah; what is the day of Jehovah to you? It is a day of darkness and not of light. Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness and not light? even thick darkness, and no brightness? v. 18. 20. The

songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day. In that day, saith the Lord God, I will cause the sun to go down at noon; and I will darken the earth in a clear day. In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. viii. 3. 9. 13. In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen. Behold, the days come that the mountains shall drop sweet wine." ix. 11. 13.

In MICAH. "In that day shall one lament, we are utterly wasted. ii. 4. In the last days the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains. In that day will I gather the halt. iv. 1. 6. In that day I will cut off thy horses and thy chariots. v. 9. The day of thy watchmen, and thy visitation cometh. The day is come for building the walls. In that day He shall come even to

thee." vii. 4. 11. 12.

In HABAKKUK. "The vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it shall speak and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry. ii. 3. 0 Jehovah, in the midst of the years do thy work; in the midst of the years, make it known. God will come." iii. 2.

In ZEPHANIAH. "The day of Jehovah is at hand. In the day of Jehovah's sacrifice I will punish the princes and the sons of the king. In that day there shall be the voice of a cry. At that time I will search Jerusalem with can

dles. The great day of Jehovah is near. That day is a day of wrath. A day of anguish and distress. A day of wasting and devastation. A day of darkness and gloominess. A day of clouds and thick darkness. A day of the trumpet and alarm. In the day of the wrath of Jehovah the whole land shall be devoured; for He will make even a speedy consummation with all those who dwell in the land. i. 7, 8. 10. 12. 14-16. 18. Before the day of Jehovah's anger cometh upon you. It may be ye will be hid in the day of the anger of Jehovah. ii. 2, 3. Wait upon Me, until the day that I arise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, to pour upon them my indignation. In that day wilt thou not be ashamed of thy works? In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not. At that time I will undo all thy oppressors. At that time I will bring you. In that time I will gather you, for I will make you a name and a praise." iii. 8. 11. 16. 19, 20.

In ZECHARIAH. "I will remove the iniquity of the land in one day. In that day shall ye call every man to his neighbor, under the vine and under the fig-tree. iii. 9, 10.

Then many nations shall cleave to Jehovah in that day. ii. 11. In those days shall ten men take hold of the skirt of a man that is a Jew. viii. 23. Jehovah their God shall save them in that day, as the flock of his people. ix. 16. My covenant was broken in that day. xi. 11. In that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people. In that day I will smite every horse with astonishment. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a furnace of fire among the wood. In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem. xii. 3, 4. 6. 8, 9. 11. In that day shall there be a fountain opened to the house of David, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In that day I will cut off the names of the idols in the land. In that day the prophets shall be ashamed. xiii. 1, 2. 4. Behold the day of Jehovah cometh. His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives. In that day the light shall not be clear nor dark. But it shall be one day that shall be known unto Jehovah, not day nor night; but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall be light. In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem. In that day Jehovah shall be one, and his name one. In that day there shall be a great tumult to Jehovah. In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses, Holiness to Jehovah. In that day there shall be no longer a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah." xiv. 1. 4. 6-9. 12. 20, 21.

In MALACHI. "But who can endure the day of his coming, and who will stand when He shall appear? And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah, in that day when I make up my jewels. Behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven. Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah." iii. 2. 7; and iv. 1. 5. In DAVID. "In his days shall the righteous flourish, and much peace. He shall rule also from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth!" Psalm lxxii. 7, 8; besides other places.

5. In these passages, by day and by time, is signified the coming of the Lord; by a day or time of clouds, darkness, obscurity, of no light, of devastation, an end of iniquity, of destruction, is meant the coming of the Lord, when He was no longer known, and thence when nothing of a genuine church remained. By a day cruel and terrible, of anger,