⁸ Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;^(A)
their words^(B) and deeds^(C) are against the Lord,
    defying^(D) his glorious presence.

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(A)
    our bodies cling to the ground.

⁹ Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.^(A)
Her fall^(B) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort^(C) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,^(D)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(A)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(B) that we may walk^(C) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(D)

¹¹ The eyes of the arrogant^(A) will be humbled^(B)
    and human pride^(C) brought low;^(D)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(E) in that day.^(F)

¹² The Lord Almighty has a day^(G) in store
    for all the proud^(H) and lofty,^(I)
for all that is exalted^(J)
    (and they will be humbled),^(K)
13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(L) tall and lofty,^(M)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(N)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(O)
15 for every lofty tower^(P)
    and every fortified wall,^(Q)
16 for every trading ship^[a](R)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷ The arrogance of man will be brought low^(S)
    and human pride humbled;^(T)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(U)
18     and the idols^(V) will totally disappear.^(W)

¹⁹ People will flee to caves^(X) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(Y)
from the fearful presence^(Z) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(AA)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(AB)
20 In that day^(AC) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(AD)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(AE)
    which they made to worship.^(AF)
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(AG)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(AH)
    when he rises^(AI) to shake the earth.^(AJ)