5. They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The Lord and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land.
6. Wail, for the day of the Lord is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
7. Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt.
8. They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.
9. Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
10. For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.
11. Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless.
12. I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir.
13. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the Lord of hosts In the day of His burning anger.
14. And it will be that like a hunted gazelle, Or like sheep with none to gather them, They will each turn to his own people, And each one flee to his own land.
15. Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16. Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.