²² You summoned as if to ^(A)a festival day
    ^(B)my terrors on every side,
^(C)and on the day of the anger of the Lord
    no one escaped or survived;
^(D)those whom I held and raised
    my enemy destroyed.

^(A)“Strike the capitals until ^(B)the thresholds ^(C)shake,
    ^(D)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;^[b]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
    ^(E)not one of them shall flee away;
    not one of them shall escape.

^2 (F)“If they dig into Sheol,
    from there shall my hand take them;
^(G)if they climb up to heaven,
    from there I will bring them down.
³ If they hide themselves on ^(H)the top of Carmel,
    from there I will search them out and take them;
^(I)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
    there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
^4 (J)And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
^(K)and I will fix my eyes upon them
    for evil and not for good.”

¹⁵ Every evil of theirs is in ^(G)Gilgal;
    there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
    I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
    all ^(H)their princes are ^(I)rebels.

¹⁶ Ephraim is stricken;
    ^(J)their root is dried up;
    they shall bear no fruit.
Even ^(K)though they give birth,
    ^(L)I will put their beloved children to death.