^w“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

3  ^wFor the day is near,

^xthe day of the Lord is near;

it will be ^ya day of clouds,

a time of doom for¹ the nations.

4  ^zA sword shall come upon Egypt,

^aand anguish shall be in ^bCush,

when the slain fall in Egypt,

and ^cher wealth² is carried away,

and ^dher foundations are torn down.