² A day of ^(A)darkness and thick darkness,
A day of clouds and dense gloom.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a ^(B)numerous and mighty people;
There has ^(C)never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
For the years from generation to generation.

¹¹ But Yahweh ^(A)gives forth His voice before ^(B)His military force;
Surely His camp is very numerous,
For ^(C)mighty is he who does His word.
The ^(D)day of Yahweh is indeed great and very awesome,
And ^(E)who can endure it?

²⁵ “Then I will pay back to you in full for the years
That the swarming ^(A)locust has consumed,
The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust,
My great military force which I sent among you.