4 Listen! the rumble on the mountains:that of an immense throng!Listen! the noise of kingdoms, nations assembled!The Lord of hosts is musteringan army for battle.
5 They come from a far-off country,and from the end of the heavens,The Lord and the instruments of his wrath,to destroy all the land.
6 Howl, for the day of the Lord is near;as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
7 Therefore all hands fall helpless,every human heart melts,
8 and they are terrified,Pangs and sorrows take hold of them,like a woman in labor they writhe;They look aghast at each other,their faces aflame.
9 Indeed, the day of the Lord comes,cruel, with wrath and burning anger;To lay waste the landand destroy the sinners within it!
10 The stars of the heavens and their constellationswill send forth no light;The sun will be dark at its rising,and the moon will not give its light.