For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.

Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every human heart will melt.

It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.

Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.

All of them will answer and say to you: ‘You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!’

All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;

This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent's root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “In three years, like the years of a hired worker, the glory of Moab will be brought into contempt, in spite of all his great multitude, and those who remain will be very few and feeble.”

All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains, look! When a trumpet is blown, hear!

They shall all of them be left to the birds of prey of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth. And the birds of prey will summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

There will be bare places by the Nile, on the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched, will be driven away, and will be no more.

The fishermen will mourn and lament, all who cast a hook in the Nile; and they will languish who spread nets on the water.

Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed, and all who work for pay will be grieved.

The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.

A stern vision is told to me; the traitor betrays, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam; lay siege, O Media; all the sighing she has caused I bring to an end.

And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!” And he answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.”

For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.

An Oracle Concerning Jerusalem

The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up, all of you, to the housetops,

All your leaders have fled together; without the bow they were captured. All of you who were found were captured, though they had fled far away.

And they will hang on him the whole honor of his father's house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.