15 Listen and give ear, do not be ahaughty,
For Yahweh has spoken.
16 aGive glory to Yahweh your God,
Before He brings bdarkness
And before your cfeet stumble
On the dusky mountains;
And while you are hoping for light,
He makes it into the dshadow of death
And turns it into dense gloom.
17 But aif you will not listen to it,
My soul will bcry in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears
Because the cflock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
18 Say to the aking and the queen mother,
“bTake a lowly seat,
For your beautiful ccrown
Has come down from your head.”
19 The acities of the Negev have been closed up,
And there is no one to open them;
All bJudah has been taken away into exile,
Wholly taken away into exile.
20 “Lift up your eyes and see
Those coming afrom the north.
Where is the bflock that was given you,
Your beautiful sheep?
21 What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Former acompanions to be head over you?
Will not bpangs seize you
Like a woman in childbirth?