⁸ “Will not the land tremble^(A) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.^(B)

⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(B)

⁸ Egypt rises like the Nile,^(A)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’^(B)

⁷ The earth trembled^(A) and quaked,^(B)
    and the foundations of the mountains shook;^(C)
    they trembled because he was angry.^(D)

²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(A) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(B)
    and the dead bodies^(C) are like refuse^(D) in the streets.^(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(F)
    his hand is still upraised.^(G)

⁵ Plague^(A) went before him;
    pestilence followed his steps.
⁶ He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled^(B)
    and the age-old hills^(C) collapsed^(D)—
    but he marches on forever.^(E)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
    the dwellings of Midian^(F) in anguish.^(G)

⁸ Were you angry with the rivers,^(H) Lord?
    Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea^(I)
    when you rode your horses
    and your chariots to victory?^(J)