⁶ Wail, for the day of the Lord is near.
    Like destruction from the Almighty^[a] it will come.

¹⁰ Look, the day! Look, it comes!
    Doom has arrived! The staff blossoms, and pride springs up!
¹¹ Violence rises up as a wicked master.^[a]
    It isn’t from others or their armies or their violence.
        It hasn’t loomed up because of them.
¹² The time is coming! The day draws near!
    No buyer should rejoice, and no seller should mourn,
        because wrath overcomes the whole crowd.

3 Look, I am sending my messenger who will clear the path before me;
        suddenly the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple.
        The messenger of the covenant in whom you take delight is coming,
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
² Who can endure the day of his coming?
        Who can withstand his appearance?
He is like the refiner’s fire or the cleaner’s soap.