⁶ Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.^(A)
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.^(B)

⁹ Look, the day^(A) of the Lord is coming—
cruel, with fury and burning anger—
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy its sinners.^(B)

¹⁵ Woe because of that day!^(A)
For the day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.^(B)

¹¹ The Lord makes his voice heard^(A)
in the presence of his army.^(B)
His camp is very large;
those who carry out his command are powerful.^(C)
Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful^(D)—
who can endure it?^(E)

³¹ The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood^(A)
before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^(B)

¹⁸ Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord!^(A)
What will the day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.^(B)

²⁰ Won’t the day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,^(A)
even gloom without any brightness in it?^(B)