1 Blow the horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain!Let all the residents of the land tremble,for the Day of the Lord is coming; in fact, it is near —
2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense overcast, like the dawn spreading over the mountains;a great and strong people appears,such as never existed in ages past and never will againin all the generations to come.
3 A fire destroys in front of them, and behind them a flame devours.The land in front of themis like the Garden of Eden, but behind them,it is like a desert wasteland; there is no escape from them.
4 Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like war horses.
5 They bound on the tops of the mountains.Their sound is like the sound of chariots, like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for war.
6 Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale.
7 They attack as warriors attack;they scale walls as men of war do.Each goes on his own path, and they do not change their course.