In my zeal, in the fire of my fury,<n id="1" /> I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake<n id="2" /> in the land of Israel.

<p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time,&#8221;<n id="1" /> declares the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;you will call,<n id="2" /> &#8216;My husband&#8217;;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you will never again call me,<n id="4" /> &#8216;My master.&#8217;<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;At that time,<n id="1" /> I will willingly respond,&#8221;<n id="2" /> declares the <sc>Lordsc>.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will respond to the sky,p> <p class="poetry">and the sky<n id="3" /> will respond to the ground;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The roar of battle will rise against your people;p> <p class="poetry">all your fortresses will be devastated,p> <p class="poetry">just as Shalman devastated<n id="1" /> Beth Arbel on the day of battle,p> <p class="poetry">when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Certainly when<n id="1" /> I punish Israel for their<n id="2" /> covenant transgressions,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will destroy<n id="4" /> Bethel&#8217;s<n id="5" /> altars.p> <p class="poetry">The horns<n id="6" /> of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.p>

<p class="poetry">The women singing in the temple<n id="1" /> will wail in that day.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> is speaking.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;There will be many corpses littered everywhere!<n id="2" /> Be quiet!&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut<n id="1" /> of David.p> <p class="poetry">I will seal its<n id="2" /> gaps,p> <p class="poetry">repair its<n id="3" /> ruins,p> <p class="poetry">and restore it to what it was like in days gone by.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">The shields of his warriors are dyed red;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The metal fittings<n id="3" /> of the chariots<n id="4" /> shinep> <p class="poetry">like<n id="5" /> fire<n id="6" /> on the day of battle;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">the soldiers brandish<n id="8" /> their spears.<n id="9" />p>

<p class="poetry">Your courtiers<n id="1" /> are like locusts,p> <p class="poetry">your officials<n id="2" /> are like a swarm of locusts!p> <p class="poetry">They encamp in the walls on a cold day,p> <p class="poetry">yet when the sun rises, they<n id="3" /> fly away;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and no one knows where they<n id="5" /> are.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;On the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s sacrificial meal,p> <p class="poetry">I will punish the princes<n id="1" /> and the king&#8217;s sons,p> <p class="poetry">and all who wear foreign styles of clothing.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">who fill the house of their master<n id="2" /> with wealth taken by violence and deceit.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">On that day,&#8221; says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;a loud cry will go up<n id="1" /> from the Fish Gate,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">wailing from the city&#8217;s newer district,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and a loud crash<n id="4" /> from the hills.p>

<p class="poetry">Seek the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s favor,<n id="1" /> all you humble people<n id="2" /> of the land who have obeyed his commands!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Strive to do what is right!<n id="4" /> Strive to be humble!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Maybe you will be protected<n id="6" /> on the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angry judgment.p>

In that day,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all, &#8216;everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

On that day the <sc>Lordsc> their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land.

So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment<n id="1" /> of a prophet to deceive the people.<n id="2" />

Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> half of them to the eastern sea<n id="2" /> and half of them to the western sea;<n id="3" /> it will happen both in summer and in winter.p>

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> will then be king over all the earth. In that day the <sc>Lordsc> will be seen as one with a single name.<n id="1" />

On that day there will be great confusion from the <sc>Lordsc> among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently.