5 They come from a far country,
From the end of heaven—
The ^aLord and His weapons of indignation,
To destroy the whole ^bland. ‡

6 Wail, ^afor the day of the Lord is at hand!
^bIt will come as destruction from the Almighty. ‡

8 And they will be afraid.
^aPangs¹ and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth;
They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames. ‡

9 Behold, ^athe day of the Lord comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger,
To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy ^bits sinners from it. ‡