Isaiah 13:6–16

⁶Wail,^w for the day^x of the Lord is near;

it will come like destruction^y from the Almighty.^az

⁷Because of this, all hands will go limp,^a

every heart will melt with fear.^b

⁸Terror^c will seize them,

pain and anguish will grip^d them;

they will writhe like a woman in labor.^e

They will look aghast at each other,

their faces aflame.^f

⁹See, the day^g of the Lord is coming

—a cruel^h day, with wrathⁱ and fierce anger^j—

to make the land desolate

and destroy the sinners within it.

¹⁰The stars of heaven and their constellations

will not show their light.^k

The rising sun^l will be darkened^m

and the moon will not give its light.ⁿ

¹¹I will punish^o the world for its evil,

the wicked^p for their sins.

I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty^q

and will humble^r the pride of the ruthless.^s

¹²I will make people^t scarcer than pure gold,

more rare than the gold of Ophir.^u

¹³Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;^v

and the earth will shake^w from its place

at the wrath^x of the Lord Almighty,

in the day of his burning anger.^y

¹⁴Like a hunted^z gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd,^a

they will all return to their own people,

they will flee^b to their native land.^c

¹⁵Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

all who are caught will fall^d by the sword.^e

¹⁶Their infants^f will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;

their houses will be looted and their wives violated.^g