6 Wail, for the aday of Yahweh is near!
It will come as bdestruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore aall hands will fall limp,
And every man’s bheart will melt.
8 They will be aterrified,
Pains and labor pangs will take hold of them;
They will bwrithe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
9 Behold, athe day of Yahweh is coming,
Cruel, with fury and burning anger,
To make the land a desolation;
And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
10 For the astars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash forth their light;
The bsun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.
11 Thus I will apunish the world for its evil
And the bwicked for their iniquity;
I will also put an end to the cpride of the arrogant
And bring low the dlofty pride of the eruthless.
12 I will make mortal man ascarcer than fine gold
And mankind than the bgold of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will make the aheavens tremble,
And bthe earth will be shaken from its place
At the fury of Yahweh of hosts
In cthe day of His burning anger.
14 And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,
Or like asheep with none to gather them,
They will each turn to his own people,
And each one flee to his own land.
15 Anyone who is found will be apierced through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
16 Their ainfants also will be dashed to pieces
Before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
And their wives ravished.
17 Behold, I am going to aawaken the Medes against them,
Who will not think about silver or btake pleasure in gold.
18 And their bows will dash the ayoung men to pieces,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their beye pity children.