6 “Howl, YOU people,+ for the day of Jehovah is near!+ As a despoiling from the Almighty* it will come.+

10 “And that day belongs to the Sovereign Lord, Jehovah of armies, the day of vengeance for avenging himself upon his adversaries.+ And the sword will certainly devour and satisfy itself and take its fill of their blood, for the Sovereign+ Lord, Jehovah of armies, has a sacrifice+ in the land of the north by the river Eu·phraʹtes.+

5 YOU men will certainly not go up into the gaps,+ neither will YOU build up a stone wall+ in behalf of the house of Israel, in order to stand in the battle* in the day of Jehovah.”+

18 “‘Woe to those who are craving the day of Jehovah!+ What, then, will the day of Jehovah mean to YOU people?+ It will be darkness, and no light,+

2 For YOU yourselves know quite well that Jehovah’s* day+ is coming exactly as a thief in the night.+