¹¹ But now many nations
    are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
    let our eyes gloat^(A) over Zion!”

¹² You should not gloat^(A) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(B)
nor rejoice^(C) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(D)
nor boast^(E) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(F)

²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(B)
    and the dead bodies^(C) are like refuse^(D) in the streets.^(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(F)
    his hand is still upraised.^(G)

²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(H) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(I) for those at the ends of the earth.^(J)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(K) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(L) is loosened at the waist,^(M)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(N)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(O)
    all their bows^(P) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(Q) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(R)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,^(S)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(T) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(U)
30 In that day^(V) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(W)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(X) and distress;^(Y)
    even the sun will be darkened^(Z) by clouds.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(R)
Rouse the warriors!^(S)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(T) into spears.^(U)
Let the weakling^(V) say,
    “I am strong!”^(W)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble^(X) there.

Bring down your warriors,^(Y) Lord!

¹² “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,^(Z)
for there I will sit
    to judge^(AA) all the nations on every side.
¹³ Swing the sickle,^(AB)
    for the harvest^(AC) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,^(AD)
    for the winepress^(AE) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

¹⁴ Multitudes,^(AF) multitudes
    in the valley^(AG) of decision!
For the day of the Lord^(AH) is near
    in the valley of decision.^(AI)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.^(AJ)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(G)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(H)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(I)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(J)

⁷ therefore the Lord is about to bring against them
    the mighty floodwaters^(A) of the Euphrates—
    the king of Assyria^(B) with all his pomp.^(C)
It will overflow all its channels,
    run over all its banks^(D)
8 and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,^(E)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings^(F) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel^[a]!”^(G)