For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me.

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.

Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!

The Lord’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.

For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.

These men change night into day; they say, ‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!”

Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the Lord asks.

Moab’s destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly.

except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms of the temple of our God.

Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.