⁹ Look, the day^(A) of the Lord is coming—
cruel, with fury and burning anger—
to make the earth a desolation
and to destroy its sinners.^(B)
10 Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations^[a]
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.^(C)
11 I will punish the world for its evil,^(D)
and wicked people for their iniquities.
I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant^(E)
and humiliate the insolence of tyrants.
¹² I will make a human more scarce than fine gold,
and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.^(F)