⁶ Wail, for the ^(A)day of the Lord is near!
It will come as ^(B)destruction from ^[a]the Almighty.
⁷ Therefore ^(C)all hands will fall limp,
And every human ^(D)heart will melt.
⁸ They will be ^(E)terrified,
Pains and anguish will take hold of them;
They will ^(F)writhe like a woman in labor,
They will look at one another in astonishment,
Their faces aflame.
⁹ Behold, ^(G)the day of the Lord 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 ^(H)stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash their light;
The ^(I)sun will be dark when it rises
And the moon will not shed its light.