4. You nations, your loot is gathered as grasshoppers harvest a crop.Like swarming locusts, people rush for your loot.
5. The Lord is honored because he lives on high.He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
6. He will be the foundation of your future.The riches of salvation are wisdom and knowledge.The fear of the Lord is ⌊your⌋ treasure.
7. Heroes cry in the streets.Messengers of peace cry bitterly.
8. Highways are deserted.Travelers stop traveling.Agreements are broken.Witnesses are rejected.People are no longer respected.
9. The country grieves and wastes away.Lebanon is ashamed and is decaying.Sharon has become like a wilderness.Bashan and Carmel are shaken.
10. The Lord says, “Now I will arise.Now I will get up.Now I will be lifted up.”
11. You will be pregnant with hay.You will give birth to straw.Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.
12. People will be cremated.They will be set on fire like dry thornbushes.
13. Hear what I have done, you people who are far away!Acknowledge my might, you people who are near!