14 “They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, (A)for my wrath is upon all their multitude. 15 (B)The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. (C)He who is in the field dies by the sword, (D)and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour. 16 (E)And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like (F)doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity. 17 (G)All hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water. 18 (H)They put on sackcloth, and (I)horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and (J)baldness on all their heads. 19 They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. (K)Their silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. (L)For it was (M)the stumbling block of their iniquity.

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14 They have blown the trumpet(A)
and prepared everything,
but no one goes to war,
for my wrath is on her whole crowd.
15 The sword is on the outside;(B)
plague and famine are on the inside.
Whoever is in the field will die by the sword,
and famine and plague will devour
whoever is in the city.

16 The survivors among them will escape(C)
and live on the mountains.
Like doves of the valley,
all of them will moan,
each over his own iniquity.
17 All their hands will become weak,
and all their knees will run with urine.[a](D)
18 They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.(E)

19 They will throw their silver into the streets,
and their gold will seem like something filthy.(F)
Their silver and gold will be unable to save them
in the day of the Lord’s wrath.(G)
They will not satisfy their appetites
or fill their stomachs,
for these were the stumbling blocks(H)
that brought about their iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:17 Lit knees will go water