1 Sound the trumpet on Zion,the Lord's sacred hill.Warn everyone to tremble!The judgment day of the Lordis coming soon.
2 It will be dark and gloomywith storm clouds overhead.Troops will cover the mountainslike thunderclouds.No army this powerfulhas ever been gathered beforeor will ever be again.
3 Fiery flames surround them;no one escapes.Before they invaded,the land was like Eden;now only a desert remains.
4 They look like horsesand charge like cavalry.
5 They roar over mountainslike noisy chariots,or a mighty armyready for battle.They are a forest firethat feasts on straw.
6 The very sight of themis frightening.