3 I have commanded My consecrated ones, yes, I have called My mighty ones, My proud exulting ones, for My fury.
4 A sound of tumult in the mountains like that of many people! A sound of uproar of kingdoms, of nations gathered! Adonai-Tzva’ot is mustering the army for battle.
5 They are coming from a far country— from the end of the heavens— Adonai and the weapons of His wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6 Wail, for the day of Adonai is near! it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
7 Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
8 They will be terrified; pain and anguish will take hold of them; they will writhe as a woman in labor; they will look aghast at one another— their faces aflame!
9 Behold, the day of Adonai comes, cruel, full of wrath and fierce fury, to make the earth a desolation, and destroy its sinners from it.