3 I have commanded My sanctified ones,I have also called My mighty ones for My anger,even those who rejoice in My exaltation.
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains,like as of a great people!A tumultuous noise of the kingdomsof nations gathered together!The Lord of Hosts mustersthe army for battle.
5 They come from a far country,from the end of heaven,the Lord and the weapons of His indignation,to destroy the whole land.
6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore all hands shall be faint,and every man’s heart shall melt,
8 and they shall be afraid.Pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;they shall be in pain as a woman who travails;they shall be amazed one at another;their faces shall be as flames.
9 See, the day of the Lord comes,cruel, both with wrath and fierce anger,to lay the land desolate,and He shall destroy its sinners out of it.