² before the decree takes effect
    and that day passes like windblown chaff,^(A)
before the Lord’s fierce anger^(B)
    comes upon you,
before the day of the Lord’s wrath^(C)
    comes upon you.

⁶ Who can withstand^(A) his indignation?
    Who can endure^(B) his fierce anger?^(C)
His wrath is poured out like fire;^(D)
    the rocks are shattered^(E) before him.

³ Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,^(A)
    like chaff^(B) swirling from a threshing floor,^(C)
    like smoke^(D) escaping through a window.

⁸ Therefore wait^(A) for me,”
    declares the Lord,
    “for the day I will stand up to testify.^[a]
I have decided to assemble^(B) the nations,^(C)
    to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath^(D) on them—
    all my fierce anger.^(E)
The whole world will be consumed^(F)
    by the fire of my jealous anger.