² “I’ll utterly sweep away everything from^[c] the land,”
    declares the Lord.
³ “I’ll consume both human beings and animals—
    I’ll consume the birds of the sky,
the fish in the sea,
    and the wicked along with their sin,^[d]
when I eliminate human beings from the land,”
        declares the Lord.

⁴ “I will also stretch out my hand against Judah,
    and upon all inhabitants of Jerusalem.
I’ll wipe out every trace of Baal from this place,
    and the name^[e] of the pagan priests^[f],
        along with my own^[g] priests.
⁵ I’ll wipe out^[h] those who worship the stars
    that they view^[i] from their housetops,
those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and who also swear by Milcom,^[j]
6 those who turn away from the Lord,
    don’t seek the Lord,
        and never ask for his help.^[k]”

⁸ “It will come about during^[l] the Lord’s sacrifice
    that I’ll punish the officials,^[m] the royal descendants,
        and all who wear foreign clothing.^[n]
9 At the same time, I’ll punish every idol worshipper,^[o]
    especially those who are filling their master’s temple with violence and deceit.
¹⁰ When all of this happens,”^[p] declares the Lord,
    “a loud shriek will come^[q] from the Fish Gate,
and howling from the Mishneh^[r] Quarter,
    along with great destruction from the hills.”

¹⁷ “And I’ll bring so much distress to people
    that they will walk around like the blind.
Because they have sinned against the Lord,
    their blood will be poured out like dust
        and their intestines will spill out^[x] like manure.
¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold will deliver them
    in the Day of the Lord’s wrath;
but the entire land will be consumed
    by the fire of his jealousy,
for he will bring the inhabitants of the land to a sudden end.”