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The Coming Day of Judgment

Blow the trumpet in Jerusalem;
    shout a warning on my holy mountain.
Let all the people who live in the land shake with fear,
    because the Lord’s day of judging is coming;
    it is near.
It will be a dark, gloomy day,
    cloudy and black.
Like the light at sunrise,
    a great and powerful army will spread over the mountains.
There has never been anything like it before,
    and there will never be anything like it again.

In front of them a fire destroys;
    in back of them a flame burns.
The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden;
    the land behind them is like an empty desert.
    Nothing will escape from them.

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An Army of Locusts

Blow the trumpet(A) in Zion;(B)
    sound the alarm on my holy hill.(C)

Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord(D) is coming.
It is close at hand(E)
    a day of darkness(F) and gloom,(G)
    a day of clouds(H) and blackness.(I)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army(J) comes,
such as never was in ancient times(K)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

Before them fire(L) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,(M)
    behind them, a desert waste(N)
    nothing escapes them.

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