24 Therefore, aas a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their broot will become clike rot and their blossom blow away as dust;
For they have drejected the law of Yahweh of hosts
And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.
25 On this account, the aanger of Yahweh has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.
And the bmountains trembled, and their ccorpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
dFor all this His anger is not turned back,
But His ehand is still stretched out.
26 He will also lift up a astandard to the distant nations,
And will bwhistle for it cfrom the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will dcome with speed swiftly.
27 aNo one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the bbelt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.
28 aIts arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot bwheels like a whirlwind.
29 Its aroaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls and bseizes the prey
And carries it off with cno one to deliver it.
30 And it will agrowl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one blooks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.