18. We have been with child, we have been in pain;We have, as it were, brought forth wind;We have not accomplished any deliverance in the earth,Nor have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
19. Your dead shall live;Together with my dead body they shall arise.Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;For your dew is like the dew of herbs,And the earth shall cast out the dead.
20. Come, my people, enter your chambers,And shut your doors behind you;Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment,Until the indignation is past.
21. For behold, the Lord comes out of His placeTo punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;The earth will also disclose her blood,And will no more cover her slain.