²³ He wanders about^(A) for food like a vulture;^(B)
    he knows the day of darkness^(C) is at hand.^(D)

¹⁰ May his children be wandering beggars;^(A)
    may they be driven^[a] from their ruined homes.

¹⁵ They wander about for food^(A)
    and howl if not satisfied.

¹² Calamity^(A) is hungry^(B) for him;
    disaster^(C) is ready for him when he falls.^(D)

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^(A) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(B)—

²     a day of darkness^(A) and gloom,^(B)
    a day of clouds^(C) and blackness.^(D)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army^(E) comes,
such as never was in ancient times^(F)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.