³⁴ I will bring an end to the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom^(B) in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem,^(C) for the land will become desolate.^(D)

⁹ For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride^(B) and bridegroom in this place.^(C)

¹⁰ I will banish from them the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom,^(B) the sound of millstones^(C) and the light of the lamp.^(D)

²⁰ The Lord will never be willing to forgive^(A) them; his wrath and zeal^(B) will burn^(C) against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot^(D) out their names from under heaven.

Fire From the Lord

11 Now the people complained^(A) about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord,^(B) and when he heard them his anger was aroused.^(C) Then fire from the Lord burned among them^(D) and consumed^(E) some of the outskirts of the camp.