29. For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth” — this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
30. “As for you, you are to prophesy all these things to them, and say to them:The Lord roars from heaven;He raises His voice from His holy dwelling. He roars loudly over His grazing land;He calls out with a shout, like those who tread grapes,against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31. The tumult reaches to the ends of the earthbecause the Lord brings a case against the nations.He enters into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, He hands them over to the sword —this is the Lord’s declaration.
32. “This is what the Lord of Hosts says:Pay attention! Disaster spreadsfrom nation to nation.A great storm is stirred upfrom the ends of the earth.”
33. Those slain by the Lord on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like manure on the surface of the ground.
34. Wail, you shepherds, and cry out.Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.Because the days of your slaughter have come, you will fall and become shattered like a precious vase.
35. Flight will be impossible for the shepherds,and escape, for the leaders of the flock.
36. Hear the sound of the shepherds’ cry,the wail of the leaders of the flock,for the Lord is destroying their pasture.
37. Peaceful grazing land will become lifelessbecause of the Lord’s burning anger.
38. He has left His den like a lion,for their land has become a desolationbecause of the sword of the oppressor, because of His burning anger.