She is emptied!Yes, she is desolateand waste!Heartsare meltingand kneesknocking!Also anguishis in the wholebodyAnd alltheir facesare grownpale!
The earthwas formlessand void,and darknesswas overthe surfaceof the deep,and the Spiritof Godwas movingoverthe surfaceof the waters.
I am pouredout like water,And allmy bonesare out of joint;My heartis like wax;It is meltedwithinme.
"I will also makeit a possessionfor the hedgehogand swampsof water,and I will sweepit with the broomof destruction,"declaresthe LORDof hosts.
For thisreasonmy loinsare fullof anguish;Painshave seizedme like the painsof a woman in labor.I am sobewilderedI cannothear,soterrifiedI cannotsee.
Behold,the LORDlaysthe earthwaste,devastatesit, distortsits surfaceand scattersits inhabitants.
Asknow,and seeIfa malecan givebirth.Whydo I seeeveryman[With] his handson his loins,as a woman in childbirth?And [why] have allfacesturnedpale?
Concerning Damascus."Hamathand Arpadare putto shame,For they have heardbadnews;They are disheartened.There is anxietyby the sea,It cannotbe calmed.
and say,'You, O LORD,have promisedconcerningthisplaceto cutit off,so that there will be nothingdwellingin it, whethermanor beast,but it will be a perpetualdesolation.'
For the brokennessof the daughterof my peopleI am broken;I mourn,dismayhas takenholdof me.
"And whenthey sayto you, 'Whydo you groan?'you shall say,'Becauseof the newsthat is coming;and everyheartwill melt,allhandswill be feeble,everyspiritwill faintand allkneeswill be weakas water.Behold,it comesand it will happen,'declaresthe LordGOD."
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"On the daywhen it wentdownto SheolI causedlamentations;I closedthe deepoverit and heldbackits rivers.And [its] manywaterswere stoppedup, and I made Lebanonmournfor it, and allthe treesof the fieldwiltedawayon accountof it.
Thenthe king'sfacegrewpaleand his thoughtsalarmedhim, and his hipjointswentslackand his kneesbegan knockingtogether.
Beforethem the peopleare in anguish;Allfacesturnpale.
For the LORDwill restorethe splendorof JacobLike the splendorof Israel,Even thoughdevastatorshave devastatedthem And destroyedtheir vinebranches.
"And it will comeabout that allwho seeyou Will shrinkfrom you and say,'Ninevehis devastated!Whowill grievefor her?' Wherewill I seekcomfortersfor you?"
"I have cutoffnations;Their cornertowersare in ruins.I have madetheir streetsdesolate,With noonepassingby; Their citiesare laidwaste,Withouta man,withoutan inhabitant.
"When we heard[it], our heartsmeltedand nocourageremainedin anymananylongerbecauseof you; for the LORDyour God,He is Godin heavenaboveand on earthbeneath.
The menof Aistruckdownabout thirty-sixof their men,and pursuedthem from the gateas faras Shebarimand struckthem downon the descent,so the heartsof the peoplemeltedand becameas water.
