31. The noise spreads to all the people on earth. What is all the noise about? The Lord tells why he is punishing all the nations. He has given his arguments against them. He has judged them, and now he is killing the wicked with his sword.’” This message is from the Lord.
32. This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Disasters will soon spread from country to country. They will come like a powerful storm to all the faraway places on earth!”
33. The dead bodies of those killed by the Lord will reach from one end of the earth to the other. No one will cry for them. No one will gather up their bodies and bury them. They will be left lying on the ground like dung.
34. Shepherds, you should be leading the sheep. Start crying, you great leaders! Roll around on the ground in pain, you leaders of the sheep. It is now time for your slaughter. You will be scattered everywhere, like pieces flying from a broken jar.
35. There will be no place for the shepherds to hide. They will not escape.
36. I hear the shepherds shouting. I hear the leaders of the sheep crying, because the Lord is destroying their pastures.
37. Those peaceful pastures will be ruined because of the Lord’S anger.