⁴ Listen to the loud ·noise [tumult] in the mountains,
    the sound of ·many people [a great crowd/army].
Listen to the ·noise [uproar; commotion] among the kingdoms,
    the sound of nations gathering together.
The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts] is ·calling together [summoning; mustering] his army for battle.
⁵ They are coming from a faraway land,
    from the ·edge of the horizon [or end of the heavens].
·In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon [^LThe Lord and his weapons of wrath/indignation]
    to destroy the whole ·country [land; or earth].

⁶ ·Cry [Wail], because the Lord’s day of judging is near;
    the Almighty is sending destruction.