20 The conqueror will carry many of the sons of Abraham away as captives into foreign lands, and they who know not Israel’s God will tread the highways of Jerusalem until the anti-Jewish times have been fulfilled.
21 But when the people have been punished for their crimes, the tribulation days will end; but lo, the time will come when all the world will rise, like gladiators in a ring, and fight just for the sake of shedding blood.
22 And men will reason not; they will not see, nor care to see a cause for carnage, desolation, thefts; for they will war with friend or foe.
23 The very air will seem surcharged with smoke of death; and pestilence will follow close upon the sword.
24 And signs that men have never seen will then appear in heaven and earth; in sun, and moon, and stars.
25 The seas will roar, and sounds will come from heaven that men can never comprehend, and these will bring distress of nations with perplexity.
26 Hearts of the strongest men will faint in fear, in expectation of the coming of more frightful things upon the earth.
27 But while the conflicts rage on land and sea, the Prince of Peace will stand above the clouds of heaven and say again:
28 Peace, peace on earth; good will to men; and every man will throw away his sword, and nations will learn war no more.
29 And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the son of man will stand forth in the eastern sky.