"You will fallon the mountainsof Israel,you and allyour troopsand the peopleswhoare with you; I will giveyou as foodto everykindof predatorybirdand beastof the field.
The LORDof hostshas swornsaying,"Surely,justas I have intendedsoit has happened,and justas I have plannedso it will stand,
to breakAssyriain My land,and I will tramplehim on My mountains.Then his yokewill be removedfrom them and his burdenremovedfrom their shoulder.
"I will appointoverthem fourkinds[of doom]," declaresthe LORD:"the swordto slay,the dogsto dragoff, and the birdsof the skyand the beastsof the earthto devourand destroy.
"Those slainby the LORDon that daywill be from one endof the earthto the other.They will not be lamented,gatheredor buried;they will be like dungon the faceof the ground.
"I will abandonyou to the wilderness,you and allthe fishof your rivers;You will fallon the openfield;you will not be broughttogetheror gathered.I have givenyou for foodto the beastsof the earthand to the birdsof the sky.
"Thusyou shall sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"As I live,surelythose whoare in the wasteplaceswill fallby the sword,and whoeveris in the openfieldI will giveto the beaststo be devoured,and those whoare in the strongholdsand in the caveswill dieof pestilence.
"I will fillits mountainswith its slain;on your hillsand in your valleysand in allyour ravinesthose slainby the swordwill fall.
"I will callfor a swordagainsthim on allMy mountains,"declaresthe LordGOD."Everyman'sswordwill be against his brother.
"You will fallon the openfield;for it is I who have spoken,"declaresthe LordGOD.
Horsemencharging,Swordsflashing,spearsgleaming,Manyslain,a massof corpses,And countlessdeadbodies--They stumbleover the deadbodies!
