¹¹ The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;^(A)
    he has poured out^(B) his fierce anger.^(C)
He kindled a fire^(D) in Zion
    that consumed her foundations.^(E)

⁴⁹ He unleashed against them his hot anger,^(A)
    his wrath, indignation and hostility—
    a band of destroying angels.^(B)
50 He prepared a path for his anger;
    he did not spare them from death
    but gave them over to the plague.
⁵¹ He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt,^(C)
    the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham.^(D)

⁵⁸ They angered him^(A) with their high places;^(B)
    they aroused his jealousy with their idols.^(C)
59 When God heard^(D) them, he was furious;^(E)
    he rejected Israel^(F) completely.
⁶⁰ He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,^(G)
    the tent he had set up among humans.^(H)
61 He sent the ark of his might^(I) into captivity,^(J)
    his splendor into the hands of the enemy.

10 Woe^(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,^(B)
2 to deprive^(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,^(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.^(E)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,^(F)
    when disaster^(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?^(H)
    Where will you leave your riches?
⁴ Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives^(I)
    or fall among the slain.^(J)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(K)
    his hand is still upraised.

“‘By the strength of my hand^(AK) I have done this,^(AL)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(AM)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(AN)
14 As one reaches into a nest,^(AO)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(AP) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(AQ)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(AR)’”

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(AS)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(AT) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(AU) upon his sturdy warriors;^(AV)
under his pomp^(AW) a fire^(AX) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(AY)
    their Holy One^(AZ) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(BA) and his briers.^(BB)
18 The splendor of his forests^(BC) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(BD)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹ And the remaining trees of his forests^(BE) will be so few^(BF)
    that a child could write them down.

“My people who live in Zion,^(BU)
    do not be afraid^(BV) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(BW) you with a rod^(BX)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵ Very soon^(BY) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(BZ) will be directed to their destruction.^(CA)”

²⁶ The Lord Almighty will lash^(CB) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian^(CC) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff^(CD) over the waters,^(CE)
    as he did in Egypt.
²⁷ In that day^(CF) their burden^(CG) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke^(CH) from your neck;^(CI)
the yoke^(CJ) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.^[c]

²⁸ They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;^(CK)
    they store supplies^(CL) at Mikmash.^(CM)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.^(CN)”
Ramah^(CO) trembles;
    Gibeah^(CP) of Saul flees.^(CQ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!^(CR)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!^(CS)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
³² This day they will halt at Nob;^(CT)
    they will shake their fist^(CU)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,^(CV)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³ See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(CW) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(CX)
    the tall^(CY) ones will be brought low.^(CZ)
34 He will cut down^(DA) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(DB) will fall before the Mighty One.^(DC)

³ “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(F)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(G)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(H)
5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(I)
I will break down its wall,^(J)
    and it will be trampled.^(K)
6 I will make it a wasteland,^(L)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(M) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(N) on it.”

⁷ The vineyard^(O) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(P) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(Q) but heard cries of distress.^(R)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(W)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰ A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[a] of wine;
    a homer^[b] of seed will yield only an ephah^[c] of grain.”^(X)

¹¹ Woe^(Y) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.^(Z)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes^(AA) and timbrels^(AB) and wine,
but they have no regard^(AC) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.^(AD)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile^(AE)
    for lack of understanding;^(AF)
those of high rank^(AG) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(AH)
14 Therefore Death^(AI) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;^(AJ)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.^(AK)
15 So people will be brought low^(AL)
    and everyone humbled,^(AM)
    the eyes of the arrogant^(AN) humbled.
¹⁶ But the Lord Almighty will be exalted^(AO) by his justice,^(AP)
    and the holy God will be proved holy^(AQ) by his righteous acts.
¹⁷ Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;^(AR)
    lambs will feed^[d] among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸ Woe^(AS) to those who draw sin along with cords^(AT) of deceit,
    and wickedness^(AU) as with cart ropes,
¹⁹ to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten^(AV) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One^(AW) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”^(AX)

²⁰ Woe^(AY) to those who call evil good^(AZ)
    and good evil,^(BA)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,^(BB)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.^(BC)

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes^(BD)
    and clever in their own sight.

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(BE)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(BF)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(BG)
    but deny justice^(BH) to the innocent.^(BI)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire^(BJ) lick up straw^(BK)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(BL)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(BM)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(BN) of the Holy One^(BO) of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(BP) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(BQ)
    and the dead bodies^(BR) are like refuse^(BS) in the streets.^(BT)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(BU)
    his hand is still upraised.^(BV)

²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(BW) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(BX) for those at the ends of the earth.^(BY)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(BZ) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(CA) is loosened at the waist,^(CB)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(CC)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(CD)
    all their bows^(CE) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(CF) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(CG)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,^(CH)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(CI) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(CJ)
30 In that day^(CK) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(CL)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(CM) and distress;^(CN)
    even the sun will be darkened^(CO) by clouds.