<p class="poetry">Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;p> <p class="poetry">everyone who is seized<n id="1" /> will die<n id="2" /> by the sword.p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">As for all the kings of the nations,p> <p class="poetry">all of them<n id="2" /> lie down in splendor,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">each in his own tomb.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who make cloth<n id="1" /> will be demoralized;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">all the hired workers will be depressed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The new wine dries up,p> <p class="poetry">the vines shrivel up,p> <p class="poetry">all those who like to celebrate<n id="1" /> groan.p>

<p class="poetry">The ruined town<n id="1" /> is shattered;p> <p class="poetry">all of the houses are shut up tight.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit;p> <p class="poetry">no place is untouched.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">All the nations are insignificant before him;p> <p class="poetry">they are regarded as absolutely nothing.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">everyone who belongs to me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">whom I created for my glory,p> <p class="poetry">whom I formed &#8211; yes, whom I made!p>

So look, the sovereign master<n id="1" /> is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River<n id="2" /> &#8211; the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.<n id="3" />

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Why do you insist on being battered?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you continue to rebel?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Your head has a massive wound,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">your whole body is weak.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will attack you;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will purify your metal with flux.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I will remove all your slag.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those remaining in Zion,<n id="1" /> those left in Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be called &#8220;holy,&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.<n id="4" />p>

With bow and arrow<n id="1" /> men will hunt<n id="2" /> there, for the whole land will be covered<n id="3" /> with thorns and briers.

<p class="poetry">You will be broken,<n id="1" /> O nations;p> <p class="poetry">you will be shattered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth!p> <p class="poetry">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!p> <p class="poetry">Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered!<n id="3" />p>

The sovereign master, the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">They come from a distant land,p> <p class="poetry">from the horizon.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is the <sc>Lordsc> with his instruments of judgment,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">coming to destroy the whole earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason all hands hang limp,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">every human heart loses its courage.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">All you who live in the world,p> <p class="poetry">who reside on the earth,p> <p class="poetry">you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains;p> <p class="poetry">you will hear a trumpet being blown.p>

<p class="poetry">They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">all joy turns to sorrow;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">celebrations disappear from the earth.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you make us secure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.<n id="2" />p>