10:33 Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies,
is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power.
The tallest trees
the loftiest ones will be brought low.
17:1 Here is a message about Damascus:
“Look, Damascus is no longer a city,
it is a heap of ruins!
24:1 Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth
and leave it in ruins;
he will mar its surface
and scatter its inhabitants.
34:5 He says,
Look, it now descends on Edom,
on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”
42:9 Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass;
now I announce new events.
Before they begin to occur,
I reveal them to you.”
48:7 Now they come into being,
before today you did not hear about them,
so you could not say,
‘Yes,
49:12 Look, they come from far away!
Look, some come from the north and west,
and others from the land of Sinim!
51:19 These double disasters confronted you.
But who feels sorry for you?
Destruction and devastation,
famine and sword.
But who consoles you?
54:11 “O afflicted one, driven away,
Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony
and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.
65:6 Look, I have decreed:
I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;
I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts!
But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts;
you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.