The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a greatpeople; a tumultuousnoise of the kingdoms of nationsgatheredtogether: the LORD of hostsmustereth the host of the battle.
And theyshall be afraid: pangs and sorrowsshalltakehold of them; theyshall be in pain as a womanthattravaileth: theyshall be amazed one at another; theirfacesshall be as flames.
For the stars of heaven and the constellationsthereofshall not givetheirlight: the sun shall be darkened in his goingforth, and the moonshall not cause her light to shine.
And I willpunish the world for theirevil, and the wicked for theiriniquity; and I willcause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheepthat no man taketh up: theyshallevery man turn to his own people, and fleeevery one into his own land.
It shallnever be inhabited, neithershall it be dwelt in fromgeneration to generation: neithershall the Arabianpitchtentthere; neithershall the shepherdsmaketheirfoldthere.
And the wildbeasts of the islandsshall cry in theirdesolatehouses, and dragons in theirpleasantpalaces: and her time is near to come, and her daysshall not be prolonged.