25 On this account the aanger of the Lord has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.

And the bmountains quaked, and their ccorpses 1lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.

dFor all this His anger 2is not spent,

But His ehand is still stretched out.

26 He will also lift up a astandard to the 1distant nation,

And will bwhistle for it cfrom the ends of the earth;

And behold, it will dcome with speed swiftly.

27 aNo one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the bbelt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

28 1aIts arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses 2seem like flint and its chariot bwheels like a whirlwind.

29 Its aroaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls as it bseizes the prey

And carries it off with cno one to deliver it.

30 And it will agrowl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one blooks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;

Even the light is darkened by its clouds.