The prophets, however, typically do not use the specific locution yôm yhwh when referring to the motif of the day of the Lord and the events associated with that time.42 In most instances the phrase has been replaced by a variety of different idiomatic expressions that are conceptually parallel to yôm yhwh, such as הַיּוֹם (hayyôm), “the day,” בַּיָּמִים (bayyāmîm), “in those days,” בַּיּוֹם (bayyôm), and so on.43 Moreover, James Nogalski has observed: “In addition to the[se] formulas, references