| 1:5 |
Mountains quake because of Him, And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it. |
| 1:6 |
Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, And the rocks are broken up by Him. |
| 2:6 |
The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved. |
| 2:7 |
AndIt it is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts. |
| 2:9 |
Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure— Wealth from every kind of desirable object. |
| 2:10 |
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in the whole body, And all their faces are grown pale! |
| 2:11 |
Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lions cub prowled, With nothing to disturb them? |
| 2:13 |
Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts. I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions,; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard. |
| 3:2 |
The noise of the whip, The noise of the rattling of the wheel, Galloping horses, And bounding chariots! |
| 3:3 |
Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many slain, a mass of corpses, And countless dead bodies— They stumble over the dead bodies! |
| 3:12 |
All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit— When shaken, they fall into the eaters mouth. |
| 3:16 |
You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven— The creeping locust strips and flies away. |
| 3:18 |
Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, And there is no one to regather them. |