"In a momentthey die,and at midnightPeopleare shakenand passaway,And the mightyare takenawaywithouta hand.
"He makes priestswalkbarefootAnd overthrowsthe secureones.
"Terrorsovertakehim like a flood;A tempeststealshim awayin the night.
"ThereforeHe knowstheir works,And He overthrows[them] in the night,And they are crushed.
"Do not longfor the night,When peoplevanishin their place.
Howthey are destroyedin a moment!They are utterlysweptawayby suddenterrors!
Thereforethisiniquitywill be to you Like a breachabout to fall,A bulgein a highwall,Whosecollapsecomessuddenlyin an instant,
Then the angelof the LORDwentout and struck185000in the campof the Assyrians;and when men aroseearlyin the morning,behold,allof these were dead.
It cameabout as he was worshipingin the houseof Nisrochhis god,that Adrammelechand Sharezerhis sonskilledhim with the sword;and they escapedinto the landof Ararat.And Esarhaddonhis sonbecamekingin his place.
He [it is] who reducesrulersto nothing,Who makesthe judgesof the earthmeaningless.
"You continuedlookinguntila stonewas cutout withouthands,and it struckthe statueon its feetof ironand clayand crushedthem.
That same nightBelshazzarthe Chaldeankingwas slain.
"And throughhis shrewdnessHe will cause deceitto succeedby his influence;And he will magnify[himself] in his heart,And he will destroymanywhile [they are] at ease.He will even opposethe Princeof princes,But he will be brokenwithouthumanagency.
Then he saidto me, "Thisis the wordof the LORDto Zerubbabelsaying,Not by mightnorby power,but by My Spirit,'saysthe LORDof hosts.
"But at midnightthere was a shout,'Behold,the bridegroom!Comeout to meet[him].'
"But Godsaidto him, 'You fool!This[very] nightyour soulis requiredof you; and [now] whowill own whatyou have prepared?'
And immediatelyan angelof the Lordstruckhim becausehe did not giveGodthe glory,and he was eaten by wormsand died.
For you yourselvesknowfull wellthat the dayof the Lordwill comejust likea thiefin the night.
and in [their] greedthey will exploityou with false words;their judgmentfrom long agois not idle,and their destructionis not asleep.
Davidalso said,"As the LORDlives,surelythe LORDwill strikehim, orhis daywill comethat he dies,orhe will godowninto battleand perish.
