2 ^(A)Blow a trumpet in Zion,
And make a loud shout on My holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
For the ^(B)day of Yahweh is coming;
Surely it is near,
² A day of ^(C)darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a ^(D)numerous and mighty people;
There has ^(E)never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
For the years from generation to generation.
³ A ^(F)fire consumes before them,
And behind them a flame burns.
The land is ^(G)like the garden of Eden before them
But a ^(H)desolate wilderness behind them,
And nothing at all escapes them.