9. More orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies:“Time’s up! Harvest the grapes for judgment.Salvage what’s left of Israel.Go back over the vines.Pick them clean, every last grape.
10-11. “I’ve got something to say. Is anybody listening?I’ve a warning to post. Will anyone notice?It’s hopeless! Their ears are stuffed with wax—deaf as a post, blind as a bat.It’s hopeless! They’ve tuned out God.They don’t want to hear from me.But I’m bursting with the wrath of God.I can’t hold it in much longer.
11-12. “So dump it on the children in the streets.Let it loose on the gangs of youth.For no one’s exempt: Husbands and wives will be taken,the old and those ready to die;Their homes will be given away—all they own, even their loved ones—When I give the signalagainst all who live in this country.”God’s Decree.