¹⁸ Whoever flees^(A) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(B)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(C)

The floodgates of the heavens^(D) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(E)
19 The earth is broken up,^(F)
    the earth is split asunder,^(G)
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰ The earth reels like a drunkard,^(H)
    it sways like a hut^(I) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion^(J)
    that it falls^(K)—never to rise again.^(L)

²¹ In that day^(M) the Lord will punish^(N)
    the powers^(O) in the heavens above
    and the kings^(P) on the earth below.
²² They will be herded together
    like prisoners^(Q) bound in a dungeon;^(R)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished^[a] after many days.^(S)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun^(T) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign^(U)
    on Mount Zion^(V) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.^(W)

²⁰ Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors^(A) behind you;
hide^(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath^(C) has passed by.^(D)
21 See, the Lord is coming^(E) out of his dwelling^(F)
    to punish^(G) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood^(H) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.