8. “Very soon now you will feel all the force of my anger. I am judging you for what you have done, and I will pay you back for all your disgusting conduct.
9. I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord, and that I am the one who punishes you.”
10. The day of disaster is coming for Israel. Violence is flourishing. Pride is at its height.
11. Violence produces more wickedness. Nothing of theirs will remain, nothing of their wealth, their splendour, or their glory.
12. The time is coming. The day is near when buying and selling will have no more meaning, because God's punishment will fall on everyone alike.
13. No merchant will live long enough to get back what he has lost, because God's anger is on everyone. Those who are evil cannot survive.
14. The trumpet sounds, and everyone gets ready. But no one goes off to war, for God's anger will fall on everyone alike.