¹⁸ Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes^(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;^(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.^(C)

⁷ Doom has come upon you,
    upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day^(A) is near!^(B)
    There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.

¹² The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer^(A) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.^(B)

Let all who live in the land tremble,
    for the day of the Lord^(D) is coming.
It is close at hand^(E)—

¹⁵ “The day of the Lord is near^(A)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds^(B) will return upon your own head.

⁷ Be silent^(A) before the Sovereign Lord,
    for the day of the Lord^(B) is near.
The Lord has prepared a sacrifice;^(C)
    he has consecrated those he has invited.