26 He will raise a signal for a nation afar off,

and whistle for it from the ends of the earth;

and lo, swiftly, speedily it comes!

27 None is weary, none stumbles,

none slumbers or sleeps,

not a waistcloth is loose,

not a sandal-thong broken;

28 their arrows are sharp,

all their bows bent,

their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,

and their wheels like the whirlwind.

29 Their roaring is like a lion,

like young lions they roar;

they growl and seize their prey,

they carry it off, and none can rescue.

30 They will growl over it on that day,

like the roaring of the sea.

And if one look to the land,

behold, darkness and distress;

and the light is darkened by its clouds.