2. Raise a flag on the bare mountain.Call out to the men.Raise your hand to signal them.Tell them to enter through the gates for important people.
3. I myself have commanded those peoplewhom I have separated as mine.I have called those warriors to carry out my anger.They rejoice and are glad to do my will.
4. Listen to the loud noise in the mountains.It sounds like many people.Listen to the noise among the kingdoms.Nations are gathering together.The Lord of heaven’s armies is callinghis army together for battle.
5. This army is coming from a faraway land.It is coming from the edge of the horizon.In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon.And it will destroy the whole country.
6. Cry, because the Lord’s day of judging is near.God All-Powerful is sending destruction.
7. People will be weak with fear.Their courage will melt away.
8. Everyone will be afraid.Pain and hurt will grab them.They will hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby.They will look at each other in fear.Their faces will become red like fire.
9. Look, the Lord’s day of judging is coming.It will be a terrible day. God will be very angry,and he will destroy the country.God will destroy the sinners who live in the land.
10. The stars will not show their light.The skies will be dark.The sun will grow dark as it rises.And the moon will not give its light.
11. The Lord says, “I will punish the world for its evil.I will punish wicked people for their sins.I will cause the proud people to lose their pride.I will destroy the pride of those who are cruel to others.
12. People will be harder to find than pure gold.There will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.