I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you.

Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine!

You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.

for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills,

for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships.

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

So I weep along with Jazer over the vines of Sibmah. I will saturate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops.

At that time the Lord will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.

Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations.”

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.

He says, “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”