¹⁰ She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
    Hearts melt,^(A) knees give way,
    bodies tremble, every face grows pale.^(B)

¹⁵ I will lay waste^(A) the mountains^(B) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(C) the pools.

²⁰ The earth reels like a drunkard,^(A)
    it sways like a hut^(B) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion^(C)
    that it falls^(D)—never to rise again.^(E)

“Until the cities lie ruined^(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(D)
12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away^(E)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.^(F)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(A) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(B)
from the fearful presence^(C) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(D)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(E)