1-3. Blow the ram’s horn trumpet in Zion!Trumpet the alarm on my holy mountain!Shake the country up!God’s Judgment’s on its way—the Day’s almost here!A black day! A Doomsday!Clouds with no silver lining!Like dawn light moving over the mountains,a huge army is coming.There’s never been anything like itand never will be again.Wildfire burns everything before this armyand fire licks up everything in its wake.Before it arrives, the country is like the Garden of Eden.When it leaves, it is Death Valley.Nothing escapes unscathed.
12. But there’s also this, it’s not too late—God’s personal Message!—“Come back to me and really mean it!Come fasting and weeping, sorry for your sins!”
13-14. Change your life, not just your clothes.Come back to God, your God.And here’s why: God is kind and merciful.He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot,This most patient God, extravagant in love,always ready to cancel catastrophe.Who knows? Maybe he’ll do it now,maybe he’ll turn around and show pity.Maybe, when all’s said and done,there’ll be blessings full and robust for your God!