Isaiah 13:4-9

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⁴ The sound ^(A)of a tumult is on the mountains
    as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
    of nations gathering together!
^(B)The Lord of hosts is mustering
    a host for battle.
^5 (C)They come from a distant land,
    from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
    to destroy the whole land.^[a]

^6 (D)Wail, for ^(E)the day of the Lord is near;
    as destruction from the Almighty^[b] it will come!
⁷ Therefore all hands will be feeble,
    and every human heart ^(F)will melt.
⁸ They will be dismayed:
    ^(G)pangs and agony will seize them;
    ^(H)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
    their faces will be aflame.

⁹ Behold, ^(I)the day of the Lord comes,
    cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
    and ^(J)to destroy its sinners from it.