16 From the aends of the earth we hear songs, “bGlory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “cI waste away! I waste away! Woe is me!
The dtreacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”
17 aPanic and pit and pitfall
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that he who flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit,
And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the pitfall;
For the awindows above are opened, and the bfoundations of the earth quake.
19 aThe earth is broken asunder;
The earth is bsplit through;
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth areels to and fro like a drunkard
And it totters like a shack,
For its btransgression is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, cnever to rise again.
21 So it will be in that day,
That Yahweh will apunish the host of heights on high,
And the bkings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like aprisoners in the pit,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will bbe punished.