2. It will be a day of dreadful darkness,a day of foreboding storm clouds,like blackness spread over the mountains.It is a huge and powerful army – there has never been anything like it ever before,and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!
3. Like fire they devour everything in their path;a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them,but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness – for nothing escapes them!
4. They look like horses;they charge ahead like war horses.
5. They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops,like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble,like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
6. People writhe in fear when they see them.All of their faces turn pale with fright.
7. They charge like warriors;they scale walls like soldiers.Each one proceeds on his course;they do not alter their path.
8. They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead.They burst through the city defensesand do not break ranks.
9. They rush into the city;they scale its walls.They climb up into the houses;they go in through the windows like a thief.
10. The earth quakes before them;the sky reverberates.The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.
11. The voice of the Lord thunders as he leads his army.Indeed, his warriors are innumerable;Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the Lord is awesomeand very terrifying – who can survive it?