^10 (A)“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! ^(B)Your doom has come; ^(C)the rod has blossomed; pride has budded. ^11 (D)Violence has grown up into ^(E)a rod of wickedness. ^(F)None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.^{[a] 12 (G)}The time has come; the day has arrived. Let not ^(H)the buyer rejoice, nor ^(I)the seller mourn, ^(J)for wrath is upon all their multitude.^{[b] 13} For ^(K)the seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. ^(L)For the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life.^[c]

¹⁴ “They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, ^(M)for my wrath is upon all their multitude. ^15 (N)The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. ^(O)He who is in the field dies by the sword, ^(P)and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.

^23 (A)“Forge a chain!^{[a] (B)}For the land is full of bloody crimes ^(C)and the city is full of violence. ²⁴ I will bring ^(D)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. ^(E)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, ^(F)and their holy places^[b] shall be profaned. ^25 (G)When anguish comes, ^(H)they will seek peace, but there shall be none. ^26 (I)Disaster comes upon disaster; ^(J)rumor follows rumor. ^(K)They seek a vision from the prophet, while ^(L)the law^[c] perishes from the priest and ^(M)counsel from the elders. ²⁷ The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way ^(N)I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, ^(O)and they shall know that I am the Lord.”