5 They come from a distant land,from the horizon.It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment,coming to destroy the whole earth.
6 Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment is near;it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.
7 For this reason all hands hang limp,every human heart loses its courage.
8 They panic – cramps and pain seize hold of themlike those of a woman who is straining to give birth.They look at one another in astonishment;their faces are flushed red.
9 Look, the Lord’s day of judgment is coming;it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger,destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.
10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellationsno longer give out their light;the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,and the moon does not shine.
11 I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin.I will put an end to the pride of the insolent,I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.