8. Terror will seize them,pain and anguish will grip them;they will writhe like a woman in labour.They will look aghast at each other,their faces aflame.
9. See, the day of the Lord is coming– a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger –to make the land desolateand destroy the sinners within it.
10. The stars of heaven and their constellationswill not show their light.The rising sun will be darkenedand the moon will not give its light.
11. I will punish the world for its evil,the wicked for their sins.I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughtyand will humble the pride of the ruthless.
12. I will make people scarcer than pure gold,more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;and the earth will shake from its placeat the wrath of the Lord Almighty,in the day of his burning anger.
14. Like a hunted gazelle,like sheep without a shepherd,they will all return to their own people,they will flee to their native land.
15. Whoever is captured will be thrust through;all who are caught will fall by the sword.
16. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;their houses will be looted and their wives violated.