For the LORDwill executejudgmentby fireAnd by His swordon allflesh,And those slainby the LORDwill be many.
Nothing[remains] but to crouchamongthe captivesOr fallamongthe slain.In [spite of] allthis,His angerdoes not turnawayAnd His handis stillstretchedout.
In that daythe LORDwill punishLeviathanthe fleeingserpent,With His fierceand greatand mightysword,EvenLeviathanthe twistedserpent;And He will killthe dragonwho[lives] in the sea.
The LORDarisesto contend,And standsto judgethe people.
And the LORDwill cause His voiceof authorityto be heard,And the descendingof His armto be seenin fierceanger,And [in] the flameof a consumingfireIn cloudburst,downpourand hailstones.
And the Assyrianwill fallby a swordnot of man,And a swordnot of manwill devourhim. So he will not escapethe sword,And his youngmenwill becomeforcedlaborers.
For the LORD'Sindignationis againstallthe nations,And [His] wrathagainstalltheir armies;He has utterlydestroyedthem, He has giventhem over to slaughter.
I will destineyou for the sword,And allof you will bowdownto the slaughter.BecauseI called,but you did not answer;I spoke,but you did not hear.And you didevilin My sightAnd chosethat in whichI did not delight."
A clamorhas cometo the endof the earth,Becausethe LORDhas a controversywith the nations.He is enteringinto judgmentwith allflesh;As for the wicked,He has giventhem to the sword,'declaresthe LORD."
"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.
But you, are you seekinggreatthingsfor yourself? Do not seek[them]; for behold,I am going to bringdisasteron allflesh,'declaresthe LORD,but I will giveyour lifeto you as bootyin allthe placeswhereyou may go.'"
"Whyhave your mightyonesbecomeprostrate?They do not standbecausethe LORDhas thrustthem down.
"By the multitudeof your iniquities,In the unrighteousnessof your tradeYou profanedyour sanctuaries.Therefore I have broughtfirefrom the midstof you; It has consumedyou, And I have turnedyou to asheson the earthIn the eyesof allwho seeyou.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Are you the oneof whomI spokein formerdaysthroughMy servantsthe prophetsof Israel,who prophesiedin thosedaysfor [many] yearsthat I would bringyou againstthem?
So it will be a reproach,a reviling,a warningand an objectof horrorto the nationswhosurroundyou when I executejudgmentsagainst you in anger,wrathand ragingrebukes.I, the LORD,have spoken.
I will gatherallthe nationsAnd bringthem downto the valleyof Jehoshaphat.Then I will enterinto judgmentwith them thereOn behalfof My peopleand My inheritance,Israel,Whomthey have scatteredamong the nations;And they have dividedup My land.
Thusthe LordGODshowedme, and behold,the LordGODwas callingto contend[with them] by fire,and it consumedthe greatdeepand began to consumethe farmland.
Therefirewill consumeyou, The swordwill cutyou down;It will consumeyou as the locust[does]. Multiplyyourself like the creepinglocust,Multiplyyourself like the swarminglocust.
Horsemencharging,Swordsflashing,spearsgleaming,Manyslain,a massof corpses,And countlessdeadbodies--They stumbleover the deadbodies!
You will fleeby the valleyof My mountains,for the valleyof the mountainswill reachto Azel;yes, you will fleejustas you fledbeforethe earthquakein the daysof Uzziahkingof Judah.Then the LORD,my God,will come,[and] allthe holyoneswith Him!
