6. Before them peoples are in anguish, all faces become flushed.
7. They run like mighty men, they climb the wall like men of battle, every one goes on his way, and they do not break ranks.
8. And they do not press one another, every one goes in his path. They fall among the weapons, but they do not stop.
9. They rush on the city, they run on the wall. They climb into the houses, they enter at the windows like a thief.
10. The earth shall tremble before them, the heavens shall shake. Sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.
11. And יהוה shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the doer of His word. For the day of יהוה is great and very awesome, and who does bear it?
12. “Yet even now,” declares יהוה, “turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13. And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to יהוה your Elohim, for He shows favour and is compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.
14. Who knows – He might turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him, a grain offering and a drink offering for יהוה your Elohim?
15. Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, set apart a fast, call an assembly.