⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power,
    with the Spirit of the Lord,
    and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
    to Israel his sin.^(A)

⁹ Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
    you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
    and distort all that is right;^(B)
10 who build^(C) Zion with bloodshed,^(D)
    and Jerusalem with wickedness.^(E)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,^(F)
    her priests teach for a price,^(G)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.^(H)
Yet they look^(I) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”^(J)
12 Therefore because of you,
    Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,^(K)
    the temple^(L) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.^(M)

“The Lord roars^(A) from Zion
    and thunders^(B) from Jerusalem;^(C)
the pastures of the shepherds dry up,
    and the top of Carmel^(D) withers.”^(E)

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(T)
Rouse the warriors!^(U)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(V) into spears.^(W)
Let the weakling^(X) say,
    “I am strong!”^(Y)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble^(Z) there.

Bring down your warriors,^(AA) Lord!

⁵ Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;^(J)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched^(K) from your lips.
⁶ A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;^(L)
it has the teeth^(M) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.
⁷ It has laid waste^(N) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.^(O)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

⁸ Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth^(P)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
⁹ Grain offerings and drink offerings^(Q)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,^(R)
    those who minister before the Lord.
¹⁰ The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;^(S)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine^(T) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.^(U)

¹¹ Despair, you farmers,^(V)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,^(W)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.^(X)
12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;^(Y)
the pomegranate,^(Z) the palm and the apple^[b] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.^(AA)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

¹⁵ Alas for that^(AI) day!
    For the day of the Lord^(AJ) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.^[c](AK)

¹⁶ Has not the food been cut off^(AL)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness^(AM)
    from the house of our God?^(AN)
17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.^[d](AO)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.
¹⁸ How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;^(AP)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.^(AQ)

¹⁹ To you, Lord, I call,^(AR)
    for fire^(AS) has devoured the pastures^(AT) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
²⁰ Even the wild animals pant for you;^(AU)
    the streams of water have dried up^(AV)
    and fire has devoured the pastures^(AW) in the wilderness.

⁴ The earth dries up^(J) and withers,^(K)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens^(L) languish with the earth.^(M)
5 The earth is defiled^(N) by its people;
    they have disobeyed^(O) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.^(P)
6 Therefore a curse^(Q) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(R)
    and very few are left.
⁷ The new wine dries up^(S) and the vine withers;^(T)
    all the merrymakers groan.^(U)
8 The joyful timbrels^(V) are stilled,
    the noise^(W) of the revelers^(X) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(Y) is silent.^(Z)
9 No longer do they drink wine^(AA) with a song;
    the beer is bitter^(AB) to its drinkers.
¹⁰ The ruined city^(AC) lies desolate;^(AD)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
¹¹ In the streets they cry out^(AE) for wine;^(AF)
    all joy turns to gloom,^(AG)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
¹² The city is left in ruins,^(AH)
    its gate^(AI) is battered to pieces.
¹³ So will it be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,^(AJ)
    or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.^(AK)

¹⁴ They raise their voices, they shout for joy;^(AL)
    from the west^(AM) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
¹⁵ Therefore in the east^(AN) give glory^(AO) to the Lord;
    exalt^(AP) the name^(AQ) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
    in the islands^(AR) of the sea.
¹⁶ From the ends of the earth^(AS) we hear singing:^(AT)
    “Glory^(AU) to the Righteous One.”^(AV)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!^(AW)
    Woe^(AX) to me!
The treacherous^(AY) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!^(AZ)”
¹⁷ Terror^(BA) and pit and snare^(BB) await you,
    people of the earth.^(BC)
18 Whoever flees^(BD) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(BE)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(BF)

The floodgates of the heavens^(BG) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(BH)
19 The earth is broken up,^(BI)
    the earth is split asunder,^(BJ)
    the earth is violently shaken.
²⁰ The earth reels like a drunkard,^(BK)
    it sways like a hut^(BL) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion^(BM)
    that it falls^(BN)—never to rise again.^(BO)

²¹ In that day^(BP) the Lord will punish^(BQ)
    the powers^(BR) in the heavens above
    and the kings^(BS) on the earth below.
²² They will be herded together
    like prisoners^(BT) bound in a dungeon;^(BU)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished^[a] after many days.^(BV)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun^(BW) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign^(BX)
    on Mount Zion^(BY) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.^(BZ)