²² “You have invited as to a feast day
^(A)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
^(B)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have ^(C)destroyed.”

^17 (A)Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
¹⁸ And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be ^[a]caught in the snare;
For ^(B)the windows from on high are open,
And ^(C)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

“Strike the ^[a]doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,
And ^(A)break them on the heads of them all.
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
^(B)He who flees from them shall not get away,
And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

² “Though^(C) they dig into ^[b]hell,
From there My hand shall take them;
^(D)Though they climb up to heaven,
From there I will bring them down;
³ And though they ^(E)hide themselves on top of Carmel,
From there I will search and take them;
Though they hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
⁴ Though they go into captivity before their enemies,
From there ^(F)I will command the sword,
And it shall slay them.
^(G)I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

¹⁴ Give them, O Lord—
What will You give?
Give them ^(C)a miscarrying womb
And dry breasts!

¹⁵ “All their wickedness is in ^(D)Gilgal,
For there I hated them.
Because of the evil of their deeds
I will drive them from My house;
I will love them no more.
^(E)All their princes are rebellious.
¹⁶ Ephraim is ^(F)stricken,
Their root is dried up;
They shall bear no fruit.
Yes, were they to bear children,
I would kill the darlings of their womb.”