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26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away,
    and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth.
    Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
27 No one shall be weary nor stumble among them;
    no one shall slumber nor sleep,
    neither shall the belt of their waist be untied,
    nor the strap of their sandals be broken,
28 whose arrows are sharp,
    and all their bows bent.
Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint,
    and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lioness.
    They will roar like young lions.
Yes, they shall roar,
    and seize their prey and carry it off,
    and there will be no one to deliver.
30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea.
    If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress.
    The light is darkened in its clouds.

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26 He raises a signal flag for the distant nations(A)
and whistles(B) for them from the ends of the earth.
Look—how quickly and swiftly they come!
27 None of them grows weary or stumbles;(C)
no one slumbers or sleeps.
No belt is loose
and no sandal strap broken.
28 Their arrows are sharpened,
and all their bows strung.
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion’s;(D)
they roar like young lions;(E)
they growl and seize their prey
and carry it off,
and no one can rescue it.
30 On that day they will roar over it,
like the roaring of the sea.
When one looks at the land,
there will be darkness and distress;
light will be obscured by clouds.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:30 Lit its clouds