The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.

The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

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

They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March up against this land and destroy it!’”’”

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come.

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

With bow and arrow men will hunt there, for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers.

The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.

He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.

Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth!

They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth.

Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: “Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble?

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

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth.

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

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment.

They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth.