13. Their goods will be plundered,and their houses laid waste.Though they build houses,they will not inhabit them;though they plant vineyards,they will not drink from their wine.
14. The great day of the Lord is near,near and hastening quickly.The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;the mighty man shall cry out there.
15. That day is a day of wrath,a day of trouble and distress,a day of ruin and desolation,a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and blackness,
16. a day of trumpet and alarmsagainst the fortified citiesand against the high towers.
17. I will bring distress on men,so that they will walk like blind men.Because they have sinned against the Lord,their blood will be poured out like dust,and their flesh like dung.
18. Neither their silver nor their goldwill be able to deliver themon the day of the Lord’s wrath. But the whole earth will be consumedby the fire of His jealousy,for He will make a sudden endof all those who dwell on the earth.