²     a day of darkness^(A) and gloom,^(B)
    a day of clouds^(C) and blackness.^(D)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army^(E) comes,
such as never was in ancient times^(F)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

³ Before them fire^(G) devours,
    behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,^(H)
    behind them, a desert waste^(I)—
    nothing escapes them.
⁴ They have the appearance of horses;^(J)
    they gallop along like cavalry.