He is the one who sits on the earth’s horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

Let the desert and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.

Madmenah flees, the residents of Gebim have hidden.

Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!

Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth!

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.

So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.’

Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over

My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places.

I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!

All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said,

Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”

All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.

Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.