13:6 Wail, for the Lord’s day of judgment 1 is near;
it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge. 2
13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp, 3
every human heart loses its courage. 4
13:8 They panic –
cramps and pain seize hold of them
like those of a woman who is straining to give birth.
They look at one another in astonishment;
their faces are flushed red. 5
13:9 Look, the Lord’s day of judgment 6 is coming;
it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, 7
destroying 8 the earth 9
and annihilating its sinners.