<p class="poetry">So I weep along with Jazer<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">over the vines of Sibmah.p> <p class="poetry">I will saturate you<n id="2" /> with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh,p> <p class="poetry">for the conquering invaders shout triumphantlyp> <p class="poetry">over your fruit and crops.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you ignore<n id="1" /> the God who rescues you;p> <p class="poetry">you pay no attention to your strong protector.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So this is what happens:p> <p class="poetry">You cultivate beautiful plantsp> <p class="poetry">and plant exotic vines.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this is what the <sc>Lordsc> has told me:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I will wait<n id="1" /> and watch from my place,p> <p class="poetry">like scorching heat produced by the sunlight,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">like a cloud of mist<n id="3" /> in the heat<n id="4" /> of harvest.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted,p> <p class="poetry">and the ripening fruit appears,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will cut off the unproductive shoots<n id="2" /> with pruning knives;p> <p class="poetry">he will prune the tendrils.<n id="3" />p>

It<n id="1" /> will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies. When they cry out to the <sc>Lordsc> because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender<n id="3" /> who will rescue them.

<p class="poetry">For they flee from the swords &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">from the drawn swordp> <p class="poetry">and from the battle-ready bowp> <p class="poetry">and from the severity of the battle.p>

<p class="bodytext">For this is what the sovereign master<n id="1" /> has told me: &#8220;Within exactly one year<n id="2" /> all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.

<p class="poetry">For the sovereign master,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">In the Valley of Vision<n id="3" /> people shout<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and cry out to the hill.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">But look, there is outright celebration!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">You say, &#8220;Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,p> <p class="poetry">eat meat and drink wine.p> <p class="poetry">Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8216;What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Why<n id="2" /> do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here?p> <p class="poetry">He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place,p> <p class="poetry">he carves out his tomb on a cliff.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is a message about Tyre:p> <p class="poetry">Wail, you large ships,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for the port is too devastated to enter!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">From the land of Cyprus<n id="3" /> this news is announced to them.p>

<p class="poetry">Be ashamed, O Sidon,p> <p class="poetry">for the sea<n id="1" /> says this, O fortress of the sea:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I have not gone into laborp> <p class="poetry">or given birth;p> <p class="poetry">I have not raised young menp> <p class="poetry">or brought up young women.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what will happen throughout<n id="1" /> the earth,p> <p class="poetry">among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">It will be like when they beat an olive tree,p> <p class="poetry">and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The full moon will be covered up,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the bright sun<n id="2" /> will be darkened;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will rule<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">on Mount Zion in Jerusalem<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">O <sc>Lordsc>, you are my God!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For you have done extraordinary things,p> <p class="poetry">and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> you have made the city<n id="2" /> into a heap of rubble,p> <p class="poetry">the fortified town into a heap of ruins;p> <p class="poetry">the fortress of foreigners<n id="3" /> is no longer a city,p> <p class="poetry">it will never be rebuilt.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s power will make this mountain secure.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Moab will be trampled down where it stands,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as a heap of straw is trampled down in<n id="3" /> a manure pile.p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> knocks down those who live in a high place,p> <p class="poetry">he brings down an elevated town;p> <p class="poetry">he brings it down to the ground,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he throws it down to the dust.p>

<p class="poetry">I<n id="1" /> look for<n id="2" /> you during the night,p> <p class="poetry">my spirit within me seeks you at dawn,p> <p class="poetry">for when your judgments come upon the earth,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in the world learn about justice.<n id="3" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Your dead will come back to life;p> <p class="poetry">your corpses will rise up.p> <p class="poetry">Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.<n id="4" />p>