1. Blow the trumpet; sound the alarmon Zion, God's sacred hill.Tremble, people of Judah!The day of the Lord is coming soon.
2. It will be a dark and gloomy day,a black and cloudy day.The great army of locusts advanceslike darkness spreading over the mountains.There has never been anything like it,and there never will be again.
3. Like fire they eat up the plants.In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden,but behind them it is a barren desert.Nothing escapes them.
4. They look like horses;they run like war horses.
5. As they leap on the tops of the mountains,they rattle like chariots;they crackle like dry grass on fire.They are lined up like a great army ready for battle.
6. As they approach, everyone is terrified;every face turns pale.
7. They attack like warriors;they climb the walls like soldiers.They all keep marching straight aheadand do not change direction
8. or get in each other's way.They swarm through defences,and nothing can stop them.
9. They rush against the city;they run over the walls;they climb up the housesand go in through the windows like thieves.