5 They come from a distant land,from the end of the heavens,the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,to destroy the whole land.
6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;as destruction from the Almighty it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,and every human heart will melt.
8 They will be dismayed: pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.They will look aghast at one another;their faces will be aflame.
9 Behold, the day of the Lord comes,cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,to make the land a desolationand to destroy its sinners from it.
10 For the stars of the heavens and their constellationswill not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising,and the moon will not shed its light.
11 I will punish the world for its evil,and the wicked for their iniquity;I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.