Zephaniah Warns of the Day of the LORD

Prompt

Zephaniah 1: "The great day of the LORD is near... a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress... a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities." The prophet Zephaniah stands large and central on the Mount of Olives, his mantle whipping in a rising wind, one arm stretched out in solemn warning toward Jerusalem's walls and towers below, as an immense wall of storm cloud rolls in over the city, lit from within by fiery gold and pierced by brilliant shafts of sunlight. Dramatic but luminous light, gold, amber and deep blue, never murky. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.