“Look, an army is coming
    from the land of the north;^(A)
a great nation is being stirred up
    from the ends of the earth.^(B)

“Look! Disaster^(A) is spreading
    from nation to nation;^(B)
a mighty storm^(C) is rising
    from the ends of the earth.”^(D)

⁸ See, I will bring them from the land of the north^(A)
    and gather^(B) them from the ends of the earth.
Among them will be the blind^(C) and the lame,^(D)
    expectant mothers and women in labor;
    a great throng will return.