A voice roaring from the city, a voice from the temple; The voice of the Lord rendering recompense to his enemies!
See, the Lord goes forth from his place, to punish the wickedness of the earth’s inhabitants; The earth will reveal the blood shed upon it, and no longer conceal the slain.
For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of requital for the cause of Zion.
According to their deeds he repays his enemies and requites his foes with wrath; to the coastlands he renders recompense.
He said: The Lord roars from Zion, and raises his voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds languish, and the summit of Carmel withers.
She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.