I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And eliminate every inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; So the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” Says the Lord.

I will also eliminate every inhabitant from Ashdod, As well as him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; And I will direct My power against Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” Says the Lord God.

And on garments seized as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.

“Enter Bethel and do wrong; In Gilgal multiply wrongdoing! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.

Will the day of the Lord not be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?

Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.

Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

The songs of the palace will turn to wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The corpses will be many; in every place they will throw them out. Hush!”

Because of this will the land not quake, And everyone who lives in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

Then I will turn your festivals into mourning, And all your songs into songs of mourning; And I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist, And baldness on every head. And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will roam about to seek the word of the Lord, But they will not find it.