<p class="poetry">Madmenah flees,p> <p class="poetry">the residents of Gebim have hidden.p>

<p class="poetry">Travel to Tarshish!p> <p class="poetry">Wail, you residents of the coast!p>

<p class="poetry">So a treaty curse<n id="1" /> devours the earth;p> <p class="poetry">its inhabitants pay for their guilt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and are reduced to just a handful of people.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Lament,<n id="1" /> you residents of the coast,p> <p class="poetry">you merchants of Sidon<n id="2" /> who travel over the sea,p> <p class="poetry">whose agents sail over

<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">Bring out some water for the thirsty.p> <p class="poetry">You who live in the land of Tema,p> <p class="poetry">bring some food for the fugitives.p>

<p class="poetry">to open blind eyes,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to release prisoners<n id="2" /> from dungeons,p> <p class="poetry">those who live in darkness from prisons.p>

<p class="poetry">Let the desert and its cities shout out,p> <p class="poetry">the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!p> <p class="poetry">Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;p> <p class="poetry">let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(9:1)" /> The people walking in darknessp> <p class="poetry">see a bright light;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">light shinesp> <p class="poetry">on those who live in a land of deep darkness.<n id="2" />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>

<p class="poetry">We were pregnant, we strained,p> <p class="poetry">we gave birth, as it were, to wind.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">We cannot produce deliverance on the earth;p> <p class="poetry">people to populate the world are not born.<n id="2" />p>