²² “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors^(A) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped^(B) or survived;
those I cared for and reared^(C)
    my enemy has destroyed.”

²⁵ Do not go out to the fields
    or walk on the roads,
for the enemy has a sword,
    and there is terror on every side.^(A)

¹³ For I hear many whispering,^(A)
    “Terror on every side!”^(B)
They conspire against me^(C)
    and plot to take my life.^(D)

¹⁷ Terror^(A) and pit and snare^(B) await you,
    people of the earth.^(C)
18 Whoever flees^(D) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;^(E)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.^(F)

The floodgates of the heavens^(G) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.^(H)

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
    and to the hills, “Cover us!”’^[a](B)

“Strike the tops of the pillars
    so that the thresholds shake.
Bring them down on the heads^(A) of all the people;
    those who are left I will kill with the sword.
Not one will get away,
    none will escape.^(B)
2 Though they dig down to the depths below,^(C)
    from there my hand will take them.
Though they climb up to the heavens above,^(D)
    from there I will bring them down.^(E)
3 Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,^(F)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.^(G)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,^(H)
    there I will command the serpent^(I) to bite them.^(J)
4 Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(K) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm^(L) and not for good.^(M)”^(N)

¹² Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave^(A) them of every one.
Woe^(B) to them
    when I turn away from them!^(C)
13 I have seen Ephraim,^(D) like Tyre,
    planted in a pleasant place.^(E)
But Ephraim will bring out
    their children to the slayer.”^(F)

¹⁴ Give them, Lord—
    what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
    and breasts that are dry.^(G)

¹⁵ “Because of all their wickedness in Gilgal,^(H)
    I hated them there.
Because of their sinful deeds,^(I)
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will no longer love them;^(J)
    all their leaders are rebellious.^(K)
16 Ephraim^(L) is blighted,
    their root is withered,
    they yield no fruit.^(M)
Even if they bear children,
    I will slay^(N) their cherished offspring.”

⁵ What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.