²³ Look! The Lord’s anger bursts out like a storm,
    a driving wind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.

¹⁹ Look! The Lord’s anger bursts out like a storm,
    a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.
²⁰ The anger of the Lord will not diminish
    until it has finished all he has planned.
In the days to come
    you will understand all this very clearly.

¹⁴ The Lord will appear above his people;
    his arrows will fly like lightning!
The Sovereign Lord will sound the ram’s horn
    and attack like a whirlwind from the southern desert.

³² This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
    “Look! Disaster will fall upon nation after nation!
A great whirlwind of fury is rising
    from the most distant corners of the earth!”

²⁷ when calamity overtakes you like a storm,
    when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone,
    and anguish and distress overwhelm you.

⁹ God will sweep them away, both young and old,
    faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.