2. A day of darkness and gloominess,A day of clouds and thick darkness,Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.A people come, great and strong,The like of whom has never been;Nor will there ever be any such after them,Even for many successive generations.
3. A fire devours before them,And behind them a flame burns;The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,And behind them a desolate wilderness;Surely nothing shall escape them.
4. Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;And like swift steeds, so they run.
5. With a noise like chariotsOver mountaintops they leap,Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,Like a strong people set in battle array.
6. Before them the people writhe in pain;All faces are drained of color.
7. They run like mighty men,They climb the wall like men of war;Every one marches in formation,And they do not break ranks.
8. They do not push one another;Every one marches in his own column.Though they lunge between the weapons,They are not cut down.
9. They run to and fro in the city,They run on the wall;They climb into the houses,They enter at the windows like a thief.
10. The earth quakes before them,The heavens tremble;The sun and moon grow dark,And the stars diminish their brightness.
11. The Lord gives voice before His army,For His camp is very great;For strong is the One who executes His word.For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible;Who can endure it?