>Wail, for the day of the Lord is near;
> it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[a]
>7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,
> every heart will melt with fear.
>8 Terror will seize them,
> pain and anguish will grip them;
> they will writhe like a woman in labor.
>They will look aghast at each other,
> their faces aflame.
>9 See, the day of the Lord is coming
> —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
>to make the land desolate
> and destroy the sinners within it.
>10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
> will not show their light.
>The rising sun will be darkened
> and the moon will not give its light.
>11 I will punish the world for its evil,
> the wicked for their sins.
>I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty
> and will humble the pride of the ruthless.
>12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold,
> more rare than the gold of Ophir.