Both "The time" and "the day" refer to the time when God will punish the people of Israel. Alternative translation: "Israel's punishment will happen very soon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## the vision is against the entire multitude ##
"what God has shown will happen to the the multitude"
## multitude ##
a very large number of people. Here it refers to the people of Israel.
## as long as they live ##
The word "they" refers to the people of Israel who sell things.
## they will not return ##
"they will not go back to Israel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
## no man living in his sin will be strengthened ##
The word "strengthened" refers to God's helping a person to keep going when things are hard through hope, encouragement and physical energy. "no one alive who keeps disobeying God will be helped by God."
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