Since the subject of judgment is so comprehensive throughout the Old Testament, it is necessary to restrict the parameters of this survey. The following inquiry, then, seeks to only discuss the day of the Lord, “since it is one of the most important, if not the most important, of the biblical portrayals of divine judgment.”3 The intent here is to explore the day of the Lord thematically throughout the Old Testament while being textually responsible. The benefit of this discussion is that it will