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The great day; not the day of general judgment, but the day in which the great God will bring his great armies against Judah and Jerusalem, and do great things by those armies.
Of the Lord; appointed, foretold, and now actually brought on them by the Lord.
It is near; very near; it is doubled to show the nearness of it, and to assure us it is so.
And hasteth greatly; your enemies’ eagerness for the prey, your sins and security, and the Lord’s justly provoked anger, hasten this day.
The voice; it is within hearing, the sound of it is in mine ears, methinks you might hear it also.
The mighty man, the valiant and stout-hearted among the Jews, they who should support others, shall be really to sink themselves, and as much need a cordial themselves.
Shall cry there bitterly; their courage broken, they shall cry out most vehemently, or like hopeless women.