Look,^(A) an army is coming from a northern land;^(B)
a great nation will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.^(C)

Pay attention! Disaster spreads
from nation to nation.
A huge storm is stirred up
from the ends of the earth.’^(A)

⁸ Watch! I am going to bring them from the northern land.
I will gather them from remote regions of the earth^(A) –
the blind and the lame will be with them,^(B)
along with those who are pregnant and those about to give birth.
They will return here as a great assembly!^(C)