Complacent Women Warned of Disaster

(A)Rise up, you women (B)who are at ease, hear my voice;
    you complacent daughters, give ear to my speech.
10 In little more than a year
    you will shudder, you complacent women;
for the grape harvest fails,
    the fruit harvest will not come.
11 Tremble, you women (C)who are at ease,
    shudder, you complacent ones;
(D)strip, and make yourselves bare,
    (E)and tie sackcloth around your waist.

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Stand up, you complacent women;(A)
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
10 In a little more than a year
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
11 Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare(B)
and put sackcloth around your waists.

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