The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the <sc>Lordsc>. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the <sc>Lordsc>, singing:<n id="1" /> &#8220;Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!&#8221; Then a cloud filled the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Then the <sc>Lordsc> will createp> <p class="poetry">over all of Mount Zion<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and over its convocationsp> <p class="poetry">a cloud and smoke by dayp> <p class="poetry">and a bright flame of fire by night;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">indeed a canopy will accompany the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s glorious presence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">As I watched, I noticed<n id="1" /> a windstorm<n id="2" /> coming from the north &#8211; an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing,<n id="3" /> such that bright light<n id="4" /> rimmed it and came from<n id="5" /> it like glowing amber<n id="6" /> from the middle of a fire.

Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel<n id="1" /> (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant<n id="2" /> vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward.p>

As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">It will be<n id="1" /> a day of dreadful darkness,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a day of foreboding storm clouds,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like blackness<n id="4" /> spread over the mountains.p> <p class="poetry">It is a huge and powerful army<n id="5" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">there has never been anything like it ever before,p> <p class="poetry">and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!<n id="6" />p>