5. His army is coming from a distant land,from the ends of heaven.The Lord is coming with the weapons of his furyto destroy the whole world.
6. Cry loudly, for the day of the Lord is near.It will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7. That is why every hand will hang limp,and everyone’s courage will fail.
8. They’ll be terrified.Pain and anguish will seize them.They’ll writhe like a woman giving birth to a child.They’ll look at one another in astonishment.Their faces will be burning red.
9. The day of the Lord is going to come.It will be a cruel day with fury and fierce anger.He will make the earth desolate.He will destroy its sinners.
10. The stars in the sky and their constellationswon’t show their light anymore.The sun will be dark when it rises.The moon won’t shine.
11. I will punish the world for its eviland the wicked for their wrongdoing.I will put an end to arrogant peopleand humble the pride of tyrants.
12. I will make people harder to find than pure goldand human beings more rare than gold from Ophir.