Isaiah 13:6–16

Wail,^r for the day^s of the Lord is near;

it will come like destruction^t from the Almighty.^u

Because of this, all hands will go limp,^v

every man’s heart will melt.^w

Terror^x will seize them,

pain and anguish will grip^y them;

they will writhe like a woman in labor.^z

They will look aghast at each other,

their faces aflame.^a

See, the day^b of the Lord is coming

—a cruel^c day, with wrath^d and fierce anger^e—

to make the land desolate

and destroy the sinners within it.

The stars of heaven and their constellations

will not show their light.^f

The rising sun^g will be darkened^h

and the moon will not give its light.ⁱ

I will punish^j the world for its evil,

the wicked^k for their sins.

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

and will humble^m the pride of the ruthless.ⁿ

I will make people^o scarcer than pure gold,

more rare than the gold of Ophir.^p

Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;^q

and the earth will shake^r from its place

at the wrath^s of the Lord Almighty,

in the day of his burning anger.^t

Like a hunted^u gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd,^v

they will all return to their own people,

they will flee^w to their native land.^x

Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

all who are caught will fall^y by the sword.^z

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

their houses will be looted and their wives ravished.^b