Die Propheten
The Lord's army from the ends of the earth
The prophet Isaiah describes how the Lord raises a banner and whistles for a foreign nation from the ends of the earth. An invincible army comes swiftly: none grow weary, their arrows are sharp, and the hooves of their horses are like flint. They roar like lions and seize the prey, and over the land comes darkness and distress Isaiah 5:26-30.
Jesaja 5,26-30
26He lifts up a banner to the nations far away; he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
וְנָֽשָׂא־נֵ֤ס לַגּוֹיִם֙ מֵרָח֔וֹק וְשָׁ֥רַק ל֖וֹ מִקְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה מְהֵרָ֖ה קַ֥ל יָבֽוֹא׃
27Not one of them grows weary or stumbles; not one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loosened at the waist, no sandal strap is broken.
אֵין־עָיֵ֤ף וְאֵין־כּוֹשֵׁל֙ בּ֔וֹ לֹ֥א יָנ֖וּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן וְלֹ֤א נִפְתַּח֙ אֵז֣וֹר חֲלָצָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א נִתַּ֖ק שְׂר֥וֹךְ נְעָלָֽיו׃
28Their arrows are sharpened, all their bows are strung; their horses' hooves are like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר חִצָּיו֙ שְׁנוּנִ֔ים וְכָל־קַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יו דְּרֻכ֑וֹת פַּרְס֤וֹת סוּסָיו֙ כַּצַּ֣ר נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ וְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יו כַּסּוּפָֽה׃
29Their roar is like a lion's; they roar like young lions. They growl as they seize their prey and carry it off, and no one can rescue it.
שְׁאָגָ֥ה ל֖וֹ כַּלָּבִ֑יא *ושאג **יִשְׁאַ֨ג כַּכְּפִירִ֤ים וְיִנְהֹם֙ וְיֹאחֵ֣ז טֶ֔רֶף וְיַפְלִ֖יט וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃
30On that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the light is darkened by clouds.
וְיִנְהֹ֥ם עָלָ֛יו בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כְּנַהֲמַת־יָ֑ם וְנִבַּ֤ט לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְהִנֵּה־חֹ֔שֶׁךְ צַ֣ר וָא֔וֹר חָשַׁ֖ךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פ