⁷ Be silent^(A) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord^(B) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;^(C)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.

⁸ “On the day of the Lord’s sacrifice
    I will punish^(D) the officials
    and the king’s sons^(E)
and all those clad
    in foreign clothes.
⁹ On that day I will punish
    all who avoid stepping on the threshold,^[a](F)
who fill the temple of their gods
    with violence and deceit.^(G)

¹⁰ “On that day,^(H)”
    declares the Lord,
“a cry will go up from the Fish Gate,^(I)
    wailing^(J) from the New Quarter,
    and a loud crash from the hills.
¹¹ Wail,^(K) you who live in the market district^[b];
    all your merchants will be wiped out,
    all who trade with^[c] silver will be destroyed.^(L)
12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,^(M)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,^(N)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,^(O)
    either good or bad.’^(P)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,^(Q)
    their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
    they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
    they will not drink the wine.”^(R)

¹⁴ The great day of the Lord^(S) is near^(T)—
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
¹⁵ That day will be a day of wrath—
    a day of distress and anguish,
        a day of trouble and ruin,
    a day of darkness^(U) and gloom,
        a day of clouds and blackness^(V)—
¹⁶     a day of trumpet and battle cry^(W)
against the fortified cities
    and against the corner towers.^(X)

¹⁷ “I will bring such distress^(Y) on all people
    that they will grope about like those who are blind,^(Z)
    because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out^(AA) like dust
    and their entrails like dung.^(AB)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
    will be able to save them
    on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”^(AC)

In the fire of his jealousy^(AD)
    the whole earth will be consumed,^(AE)
for he will make a sudden end
    of all who live on the earth.^(AF)