Isaiah 57:21

57:21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Matthew 24:21-22

24:21 For then there will be great suffering ¹  unlike anything that has happened ²  from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen. 24:22 And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Revelation 6:4

6:4 And another horse, fiery red, ³  came out, and the one who rode it ⁴  was granted permission ⁵  to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher ⁶  one another, and he was given a huge sword.

[24:21]  ¹ tn Traditionally, “great tribulation.”

[24:21]  ² sn Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect somewhat the comments Jesus makes here, the reference to the scope and severity of this judgment strongly suggest that much more is in view. Most likely Jesus is referring to the great end-time judgment on Jerusalem in the great tribulation.

[6:4]  ³ tn L&N 79.31 states, “‘fiery red’ (probably with a tinge of yellow or orange).”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Grk “the one sitting on it.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tn The word “permission” is implied; Grk “it was given to him to take peace from the earth.”

[6:4]  ⁶ tn BDAG 979 s.v. σφάζω states, “Of the killing of a person by violence…σφάζειν τινά butcher or murder someone (4 Km 10:7; Jer 52:10; Manetho: 609 fgm. 8, 76 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 76]; Demetr.[?]: 722 fgm. 7; Ar. 10, 9) 1J 3:12; Rv 6:4. Pass. (Hdt. 5, 5) 5:9; 6:9; 18:24.”