⁷ The Lord has ^(A)sworn by the ^(B)pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will ^(C)never forget any of their deeds.
⁸ Because of this will the land not ^(D)quake,
And everyone who lives in it ^(E)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will ^(F)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
⁹ And it will come about on that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the ^(G)sun go down at noon,
And ^(H)make the earth dark in ^[a]broad daylight.
¹⁰ Then I will ^(I)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put ^(J)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And ^[b]baldness on every head.
And I will make it ^(K)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

¹¹ “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“When I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,
But rather ^(L)for hearing the words of the Lord.
¹² People will stagger from sea to sea
And from the north even to the east;
They will roam about to ^(M)seek the word of the Lord,
But they will not find it.
¹³ On that day the beautiful ^(N)virgins
And the young men will ^(O)faint from thirst.
¹⁴ As for those who swear by the ^[c](P)guilt of Samaria,
And say, ‘As your god lives, ^(Q)Dan,’
And, ‘As the way of ^(R)Beersheba lives,’
They will fall and ^(S)not rise again.”