1:15 How awful that day will be!
For the day of the Lord is near;
it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help,
for fire has burned up the grassy pastures,
flames have razed all the trees in the fields.
2:12 “Yet even now,” the Lord says,
“return to me with all your heart –
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
Tear your hearts,
not just your garments!”
2:13 Return to the Lord your God,
for he is merciful and compassionate,
slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.
2:31 The sunlight will be turned to darkness
and the moon to the color of blood,
before the day of the Lord comes –
that great and terrible day!
3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah.
They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.
Indeed, the Lord has spoken!
3:11 Lend your aid and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves to that place.”
Bring down, O Lord, your warriors!
3:14 Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,
for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision!