"I will laywastethe mountainsand hillsAnd witheralltheir vegetation;I will makethe riversinto coastlandsAnd dryup the ponds.
Then the earthshookand quaked;And the foundationsof the mountainswere tremblingAnd were shaken,becauseHe was angry.
"Behold,I have madeyou a new,sharpthreshingsledgewith double edges;You will threshthe mountainsand pulverize[them], And will makethe hillslike chaff.
"[It is I] who saysto the depthof the sea,'Be driedup!' And I will makeyour riversdry.
"I will makeallMy mountainsa road,And My highwayswill be raisedup.
"Whywas therenomanwhen I came?When I called,[why] was therenoneto answer?Is My handsoshortthat it cannotransom?OrhaveI nopowerto deliver?Behold,I dryup the seawith My rebuke,I makethe riversa wilderness;Their fishstinkfor lackof waterAnd dieof thirst.
I lookedon the mountains,and behold,they were quaking,And allthe hillsmovedto and fro.
"In My zealand in My blazingwrathI declare[that] on that daythere will surelybe a greatearthquakein the landof Israel.
"The fishof the sea,the birdsof the heavens,the beastsof the field,allthe creepingthingsthat creepon the earth,and allthe menwhoare on the faceof the earthwill shakeat My presence;the mountainsalso will be throwndown,the steeppathwayswill collapseand everywallwill fallto the ground.
"For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,Oncemorein a littlewhile,I am going to shakethe heavensand the earth,the seaalso and the dryland.
"And they will passthrough the sea[of] distressAnd He will strikethe wavesin the sea,So that allthe depthsof the Nilewill dryup; And the prideof Assyriawill be broughtdownAnd the scepterof Egyptwill depart.
And in that hourthere was a greatearthquake,and a tenthof the cityfell;seventhousandpeoplewere killedin the earthquake,and the restwere terrifiedand gavegloryto the Godof heaven.
The sixth[angel] pouredout his bowlon the greatriver,the Euphrates;and its waterwas driedup, sothat the waywould be preparedfor the kingsfrom the east.
And there were flashes of lightningand soundsand peals of thunder;and there was a greatearthquake,suchas there had not beensincemancameto be upon the earth,sogreatan earthquake[was it, and] somighty.
ThenI sawa greatwhitethroneand Him who satupon it, from whosepresenceearthand heavenfled away,and noplacewas foundfor them.
