"Ifthievescameto you, Ifrobbersby night--O howyou will be ruined!--Would they not steal[only] until they hadenough?Ifgrape gathererscameto you, Would they not leave[some] gleanings?
"Your beauty,O Israel,is slainon your highplaces!Howhave the mightyfallen!
"Howyou have fallenfrom heaven,O starof the morning,sonof the dawn!You have been cutdownto the earth,You who have weakenedthe nations!
Yet gleaningswill be leftin it like the shakingof an olivetree,Two[or] threeoliveson the topmostbough,Four[or] fiveon the branchesof a fruitfultree,Declaresthe LORD,the Godof Israel.
For thusit will be in the midstof the earthamongthe peoples,As the shakingof an olivetree,As the gleaningswhenthe grapeharvestis over.
"Ifgrape gathererscameto you, Would they not leavegleanings?Ifthieves[came] by night,They would destroy[only] until they had enough.
"Howthe hammerof the wholeearthHas been cutoffand broken!HowBabylonhas becomeAn objectof horroramong the nations!
Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"They will thoroughlygleanas the vinethe remnantof Israel;Passyour handagainlike a grape gathererOverthe branches."
Howlonelysitsthe cityThat was fullof people!She has becomelike a widowWhowas [once] greatamong the nations!She who was a princessamong the provincesHas becomea forcedlaborer!
"Then your mightymenwill be dismayed,O Teman,So that everyonemay be cutofffrom the mountainof Esauby slaughter.
Woeis me! For I amLike the fruitpickers,like the grapegatherers.Thereis not a clusterof grapes to eat,[Or] a first-ripefig[which] I crave.
Thisis the exultantcityWhich dwellssecurely,Who saysin her heart,"I am, and thereis noonebesidesme." Howshe has becomea desolation,A restingplacefor beasts!Everyonewho passesby her will hiss[And] wavehis hand[in contempt].
"Whenyou gatherthe grapes of your vineyard,you shall not gooverit again;it shall be for the alien,for the orphan,and for the widow.
standingat a distancebecauseof the fearof her torment,saying,Woe,woe,the greatcity,Babylon,the strongcity!For in onehouryour judgmenthas come.'
