26. At that time the light from the moon will be bright like the sun, and the light from the sun will be seven times brighter than now, like the light of seven days. These things will happen when the Lord bandages his broken people and heals the hurts he gave them.
27. Look! The Lord comes from far away.His anger is like a fire with thick clouds of smoke.His mouth is filled with anger,and his tongue is like a burning fire.
28. His breath is like a rushing river,which rises to the throat.He will judge the nations as if he is sifting them through the strainer of destruction.He will place in their mouths a bit that will lead them the wrong way.
29. You will sing happy songsas on the nights you begin a festival.You will be happy like people listening to flutesas they come to the mountain of the Lord,to the Rock of Israel.
30. The Lord will cause all people to hear his great voiceand to see his powerful arm come down with anger,like a great fire that burns everything,like a great storm with much rain and hail.
31. Assyria will be afraid when it hears the voice of the Lord,because he will strike Assyria with a rod.
32. When the Lord punishes Assyria with a rod,he will beat them to the music of tambourines and harps;he will fight against them with his mighty weapons.
33. Topheth has been made ready for a long time;it is ready for the king.It was made deep and widewith much wood and fire.And the Lord’s breath will comelike a stream of burning sulfur and set it on fire.