001:020 Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. 002:001 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand: 002:002 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations. 002:003 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them. 002:004 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run. 002:005 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 002:006 At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale. 002:007 They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course. 002:008 Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks. 002:009 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves. 002:010 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 002:011 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it? 002:012 "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." 002:013 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity. 002:014 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God. 002:015 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. 002:016 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber. 002:017 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh,