And sound an alarm in my holy mountain!

Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble.

For the day of the Lord cometh—it is nigh at hand.

A day of darkness and gloom—

A day of clouds and thick darkness.

As twilight spreads over the mountains,

So now a people, great and strong.

There hath not been ever the like,

Nor shall be from generation to generation.

A flame devoureth before them,