¹⁴ The great day of Yahweh draws near;
    it is near and coming very swiftly.
The sound of the day of Yahweh is bitterness;
    there, a warrior cries out!
¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath,
    a day of trouble and distress,
    a day of disaster and ruination,
    a day of darkness and deep gloom,
    a day of clouds^[a] and thick clouds,^[b]
16 a day of trumpet and trumpet blast
    against the fortified cities
    and against the high corner towers.
¹⁷ And I will bring distress to all humankind,
    and they shall walk about like the blind,
for they sinned against Yahweh;
    their blood shall be poured out like dust
    and their entrails like dung.
¹⁸ Moreover, their silver and their gold
    will not be able to save them
    on the day of the wrath of Yahweh.
And in the fire of his zeal,
    the whole land shall be consumed,
for a terrifying end he shall make
    for all the inhabitants of the land.