9 Look, the Lord’s day of judging is coming—a terrible day, a day of God’s anger.He will destroy the landand the sinners who live in it.
10 The stars will not show their light;the skies will be dark.The sun will grow dark as it rises,and the moon will not give its light.
11 The Lord says, “I will punish the world for its eviland wicked people for their sins.I will cause proud people to lose their pride,and I will destroy the pride of those who are cruel to others.
12 People will be harder to find than pure gold;there will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.
13 I will make the sky shake,and the earth will be moved from its placeby the anger of the Lord All-Powerfulat the time of his burning anger.
14 “Then the people from Babylon will run away like hunted deeror like sheep who have no shepherd.Everyone will turn back to his own people;each will run back to his own land.
15 Everyone who is captured will be killed;everyone who is caught will be killed with a sword.