to destroy the sinners out of it. For the stars of
heaven and Orion and all the constellations of heaven shall not give
their light, and there shall be darkness at the sun's rising, and the
moon shall not give her light. And I will cause the arrogancy of the
sinners to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the proud.' And
again he saith, 'Wo unto them that draw their iniquities as with a long
cord, and their sins as with an heifer's cart-rope! Wo unto them that
call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light
for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Wo unto
those of you that are mighty, that are princes, that mingle strong
drink, which justify the wicked for reward, and take justice from the
just, and turn aside the judgement from the needy, and take away the
right from the poor, that the widow may be their spoil and the
fatherless their prey! And what will they do in the day of visitation,
and to whom will they flee for help? And where will they leave their
glory, that they fall not into arrest? Like as stubble shall be burnt
by live coal of fire, and consumed by kindled flame, so their root
shall be as foam, and their blossom shall go up as dust, for they would
not the law of the Lord of hosts, and provoked the oracle of the Holy
One of Israel."

"In tune therewith saith also another prophet, 'The great day of the
Lord is near, and hasteth greatly. The bitter and austere voice of the
day of the Lord hath been appointed. A mighty day of wrath is that
day, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation,
a day of blackness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
a day of the trumpet and alarm. And I will bring distress upon the
wicked, and they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned
against the Lord. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to
deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath; for the whole land shall
be devoured by the fire of his jealousy, for he shall make a riddance
of all them that dwell in the land.' Moreover David, the king and
prophet, crieth thus, 'God shall come visibly, even our God, and shall
not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and a mighty
tempest round about him. He shall call the heaven from above, and the
earth, that he may judge his people.' And again he saith, 'Arise, O
God, judge thou the earth, because "the fierceness of man shall turn to
thy praise." And thou sh