4. You will be pulled down and will speak from the ground.I will hear your voice rising from the ground.It will sound like the voice of a ghost.Your words will come like a whisper from the dirt.
5. Your many enemies will become like fine dust.The groups of cruel people will be like chaff that is blown away.Everything will happen very quickly.
6. The Lord of heaven’s armies will come.He will come with thunder, earthquakes and great noises.He will come with storms, strong winds and a fire that destroys.
7. Then all the nations that fight against Jerusalemwill be like a dream.All the nations that surround and attack herwill be like a vision in the night.
8. They will be like a hungry man who dreams he is eating.But when he wakes up, he is still hungry.They will be like a thirsty man who dreams he is drinking.But when he wakes up, he is still weak and thirsty.It will be the same way with all the nationswho fight against Mount Zion.
9. Be surprised and amazed.Blind yourselves so that you cannot see.Become drunk, but not from wine.Trip and fall, but not from beer.
10. The Lord has made you go into a deep sleep.He has closed your eyes. (The prophets are your eyes.)He has covered your heads. (The seers are your heads.)