2. Put on mourning, your sackcloth and goat's hair. Cry and wail for your children because the time for your destruction is near.
3. I am sending war on you, and no one can stop it.
4. I am sending fire on you, and no one can put it out.
5. I am sending disasters on you, and no one can stop them from coming.
6. Can anyone stop a hungry lion in the forest or put out a fire that is burning in straw
7. or turn back an arrow shot by a strong archer?
8. When the Lord God sends disaster, no one can hold it back.
9. No one can put out the blazing anger of the Lord.
10. When he sends lightning, no one can keep from trembling; and when it thunders, everyone is afraid.
11. When the Lord makes his threats, no one can keep from falling to the ground in his presence.
12. The foundations of the earth tremble. There is violent churning in the deepest part of the sea. Even the creatures in the sea are in turmoil when the Lord makes his glorious power felt.
13. He is like a mighty archer whose strong right arm bends the bow. His arrows are sharp and never miss their mark once they are shot out towards any part of the earth.
14. He has already sent out his disasters towards the earth, and they will not miss their target.
15. The fire has been lit, and it cannot be put out until it burns up the foundations of the earth.
16. The disasters are on their way towards the earth, and like an arrow shot by a strong archer, they cannot be turned back.
17. I am doomed! I am doomed! Who will rescue me in those days?
18. Troubles will come, and many people will groan. Famine will come, and many will die. Wars will come, and the world powers will tremble. Disasters will come, and everyone will be terrified. What will people do when these disasters come?
19. Famine, epidemics, troubles, and suffering are sent to punish and correct people.
20. But in spite of all this, they will not turn away from their sins; they soon forget their punishment.
21. The time is coming when food will be so cheap that people will think a time of peace and plenty has arrived. But then disasters will spring up everywhere — wars, famine, and great confusion.