For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Don’t prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!”

Ammon’s king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together.” The Lord has spoken!

In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.” The Lord is speaking!

I said, “Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, “This will not happen either.”

For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.

Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

When they had completely consumed the earth’s vegetation, I said, “Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!”

The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The sovereign Lord is speaking. “There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”

In that day,” says the sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

“In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.