6. Those who have turned back from following the Lord,And have not sought the Lord, nor inquired of Him.”
7. Be silent in the presence of the Lord God;For the day of the Lord is at hand,For the Lord has prepared a sacrifice;He has invited His guests.
8. “And it shall be,In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,That I will punish the princes and the king’s children,And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
9. In the same day I will punishAll those who leap over the threshold,Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10. “And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,“The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate,A wailing from the Second Quarter,And a loud crashing from the hills.
11. Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh!For all the merchant people are cut down;All those who handle money are cut off.
12. “And it shall come to pass at that timeThat I will search Jerusalem with lamps,And punish the menWho are settled in complacency,Who say in their heart,‘The Lord will not do good,Nor will He do evil.’
13. Therefore their goods shall become booty,And their houses a desolation;They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;They shall plant vineyards, but not drink their wine.”
14. The great day of the Lord is near;It is near and hastens quickly.The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter;There the mighty men shall cry out.
15. That day is a day of wrath,A day of trouble and distress,A day of devastation and desolation,A day of darkness and gloominess,A day of clouds and thick darkness,
16. A day of trumpet and alarmAgainst the fortified citiesAnd against the high towers.