"ThereforethusI will doto you, O Israel;BecauseI will dothisto you, Prepareto meetyour God,O Israel."
Tremble,you [women] whoare at ease;Be troubled,you complacent[daughters]; Strip,undressand put[sackcloth] on [your] waist,
"Your nakednesswill be uncovered,Your shamealsowill be exposed;I will takevengeanceand will not sparea man."
As firekindlesthe brushwood,[as] firecauses waterto boil--To makeYour nameknownto Your adversaries,[That] the nationsmay trembleat Your presence!
Do you not fearMe?' declaresthe LORD.'Do you not tremblein My presence?For I have placedthe sandas a boundaryfor the sea,An eternaldecree,so it cannotcrossoverit. Though the wavestoss,yet they cannotprevail;Though they roar,yet they cannotcrossoverit.
"You have not goneup into the breaches,nordid you buildthe wallaroundthe houseof Israelto standin the battleon the dayof the LORD.
"I searchedfor a manamongthem who would buildup the walland standin the gapbeforeMe for the land,sothat I would not destroyit; but I foundnoone.
I will encounterthem like a bearrobbedof her cubs,And I will tearopen their chests;ThereI will also devourthem like a lioness,[As] a wildbeastwould tearthem.
"Flightwill perishfrom the swift,And the stalwartwill not strengthenhis power,Northe mightymansavehis life.
"For thisreasonyou alsomust be ready;for the Sonof Manis comingat an hourwhenyou do not think[He will].
"Make friendsquicklywith your opponentat lawwhileyou are with him on the way,sothat your opponentmay not handyou over to the judge,and the judgeto the officer,and you be throwninto prison.
Sorememberwhatyou have receivedand heard;and keep[it], and repent.Thereforeifyou do not wakeup, I will comelikea thief,and you will not knowat whathourI will cometo you.
