29. I am already bringing disaster on Jerusalem. And it is the city that is called by my name. And do you think you will not be punished? You will be punished! I am sending war on all the people of the earth, says the Lord of heaven’s armies.’
30. “You will prophesy against them with these words. Say to them:‘The Lord roars from heaven.He shouts from his Holy Temple.He roars against his land.He will shout like people who walk on grapes to make wine.He will shout against all who live on the earth.
31. The noise will spread all over the earth.This is because the Lord is punishing all the nations.He judges and tells what is wrong with all people.And he is killing the evil people with a sword,’” says the Lord.
32. This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says:“Disasters will soon spreadfrom nation to nation.They will come like a powerful stormto all the faraway places on earth.”
33. At that time the dead bodies 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. Cry, you leaders! Cry out loud!Roll around in the dust, leaders of the people!It is now time for you to be killed.You will fall and be scattered everywhere, like pieces of a broken jar.
35. There will be no place for the leaders to hide.These leaders will not escape.
36. I hear the leaders shouting.I hear the leaders of the people crying loudly.This is because the Lord is destroying their land.
37. Those peaceful pastures will be like an empty desert.This happened because the Lord is very angry.
38. The Lord, like a lion, has left his den.Their land has been destroyed.It is because of his destroying anger.It is because of his fierce anger.