¹⁴ The great day of the Lord^(A) is near^(B)—
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness^(C) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(D)—
¹⁶     a day of trumpet and battle cry^(E)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.^(F)

¹⁷ “I will bring such distress^(G) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,^(H)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out^(I) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.^(J)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”^(K)

In the fire of his jealousy^(L)
    the whole earth will be consumed,^(M)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.^(N)

⁶ Therefore a curse^(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(B)
    and very few are left.

¹¹ I will punish^(A) the world for its evil,
    the wicked^(B) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty^(C)
    and will humble^(D) the pride of the ruthless.^(E)

¹⁵ Alas for that^(A) day!
    For the day of the Lord^(B) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[a](C)

¹⁸ The nations were angry,^(A)
    and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,^(B)
    and for rewarding your servants the prophets^(C)
and your people who revere your name,
    both great and small^(D)—
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

³ I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
    I have summoned my warriors^(A) to carry out my wrath^(B)—
    those who rejoice^(C) in my triumph.

⁴ Listen, a noise on the mountains,
    like that of a great multitude!^(D)
Listen, an uproar^(E) among the kingdoms,
    like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty^(F) is mustering^(G)
    an army for war.
⁵ They come from faraway lands,
    from the ends of the heavens^(H)—
the Lord and the weapons^(I) of his wrath^(J)—
    to destroy^(K) the whole country.

⁶ Wail,^(L) for the day^(M) of the Lord is near;
    it will come like destruction^(N) from the Almighty.^[a](O)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(P)
    every heart will melt with fear.^(Q)
8 Terror^(R) will seize them,
    pain and anguish will grip^(S) them;
    they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(T)
They will look aghast at each other,
    their faces aflame.^(U)

⁹ See, the day^(V) of the Lord is coming
    —a cruel^(W) day, with wrath^(X) and fierce anger^(Y)—
to make the land desolate
    and destroy the sinners within it.
¹⁰ The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.^(Z)
The rising sun^(AA) will be darkened^(AB)
    and the moon will not give its light.^(AC)
11 I will punish^(AD) the world for its evil,
    the wicked^(AE) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty^(AF)
    and will humble^(AG) the pride of the ruthless.^(AH)
12 I will make people^(AI) scarcer than pure gold,
    more rare than the gold of Ophir.^(AJ)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;^(AK)
    and the earth will shake^(AL) from its place
at the wrath^(AM) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.^(AN)

³ “I have trodden the winepress^(A) alone;
    from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled^(B) them in my anger
    and trod them down in my wrath;^(C)
their blood spattered my garments,^(D)
    and I stained all my clothing.
⁴ It was for me the day of vengeance;^(E)
    the year for me to redeem had come.
⁵ I looked, but there was no one^(F) to help,
    I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm^(G) achieved salvation for me,
    and my own wrath sustained me.^(H)
6 I trampled^(I) the nations in my anger;
    in my wrath I made them drunk^(J)
    and poured their blood^(K) on the ground.”