9. Be broken, you people. Be terrified.Listen, all you distant parts of the earth.Prepare for battle, but be terrified.Prepare for battle, but be terrified.
10. Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed.Give orders, but they won’t be carried out,because God is with us!
11. This is what the Lord said with his powerful hand on me.He warned me not to follow the ways of these people:
12. “Don’t say that everything these people call a conspiracyis a conspiracy.Don’t fear what they fear.Don’t let it terrify you.”
13. Remember that the Lord of Armies is holy.He is the one you should fearand the one you should be terrified of.
14. He will be a place of safety for you.But he will be a rock that makes people tripand a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel.He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.
15. Many will stumble.They will fall and be broken.They will be trapped and caught.