⁵ Wake up, you drunkards,^(D) and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.
⁶ For a nation has invaded my land,^(E)
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.^(F)
7 It has devastated my grapevine
and splintered my fig tree.
It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;
its branches have turned white.

³ A fire devours in front of them,^(F)
and behind them a flame blazes.
The land in front of them
is like the garden of Eden,^(G)
but behind them,
it is like a desert wasteland;^(H)
there is no escape from them.
⁴ Their appearance is like that of horses,^(I)
and they gallop like war horses.
⁵ They bound on the tops of the mountains.
Their sound is like the sound of chariots,^(J)
like the sound of fiery flames consuming stubble,^(K)
like a mighty army deployed for war.

⁶ Nations writhe in horror before them;^(L)
all faces turn pale.
⁷ They attack as warriors attack;
they scale walls as men of war do.
Each goes on his own path,^(M)
and they do not change their course.
⁸ They do not push each other;
each proceeds on his own path.
They dodge the arrows, never stopping.
⁹ They storm the city;
they run on the wall;
they climb into the houses;^(N)
they enter through the windows like thieves.^(O)

¹⁰ The earth quakes before them;^(P)
the sky shakes.
The sun and moon grow dark,^(Q)
and the stars cease their shining.^(R)
11 The Lord makes his voice heard^(S)
in the presence of his army.^(T)
His camp is very large;
those who carry out his command are powerful.^(U)
Indeed, the day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful^(V)—
who can endure it?^(W)