¹⁸ People stalked us at every step,
    so we could not walk in our streets.
Our end was near, our days were numbered,
    for our end had come.^(A)

“‘The end!^(A) The end has come
    upon the four corners^(B) of the land!
³ The end is now upon you,
    and I will unleash my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct^(C)
    and repay you for all your detestable practices.^(D)
4 I will not look on you with pity;^(E)
    I will not spare you.
I will surely repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.

“‘Disaster!^(G) Unheard-of^[a] disaster!
    See, it comes!
⁶ The end^(H) has come!
    The end has come!
It has roused itself against you.
    See, it comes!
⁷ Doom has come upon you,
    upon you who dwell in the land.
The time has come! The day^(I) is near!^(J)
    There is panic, not joy, on the mountains.
⁸ I am about to pour out my wrath^(K) on you
    and spend my anger against you.
I will judge you according to your conduct
    and repay you for all your detestable practices.^(L)
9 I will not look on you with pity;
    I will not spare you.^(M)
I will repay you for your conduct
    and for the detestable practices among you.^(N)

¹⁰ “‘See, the day!
    See, it comes!
Doom has burst forth,
    the rod^(P) has budded,
    arrogance has blossomed!
¹¹ Violence^(Q) has arisen,^[b]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.^(R)
12 The time has come!
    The day has arrived!
Let not the buyer^(S) rejoice
    nor the seller grieve,
    for my wrath is on the whole crowd.^(T)

⁵² Those who were my enemies without cause
    hunted me like a bird.^(A)

“Daughter Babylon^(A) is like a threshing floor^(B)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest^(C) her will soon come.^(D)”