^7 (A)Alas! For that day is great,
^(B)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.

^2 (A)A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
^(B)A people come, great and strong,
^(C)The like of whom has never been;
Nor will there ever be any such after them,
Even for many successive generations.