1 The LORD will plunder the land and hand it over to the enemy;⁠a and confusion will cover the faces of the princes, because they have transgressed the Torah, and He will scatter its inhabitants. 2 And it will be the same for the laity as for the priest, for the servant as for his master, for the maidservant as for her mistress, for the buyer as for the seller, for the borrower as for the lender, for the one who pays interest as for the one who charges it. 3 The land will be utterly destroyed and utterly trampled underfoot, for the LORD has spoken this word. 4 The land mourns and is laid desolate; the world is laid waste and is laid desolate; the strength of the people of the land has come to an end. 5 The land has become guilty beneath her inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torah, made the festivals cease, and changed the everlasting covenant. 6 Because of perjury the land has become a desert, and all who dwell in it are laid desolate; therefore the inhabitants of the land are destroyed, and the men who are left are but few. 7 All who drink wine mourn, because the vines are broken down; all the merry-hearted sigh. 8 The mirth of the tambourines ceases; the tumultuous assembly of the mighty is restrained; the joy of the harp ceases. 9 They will no longer drink wine with songs; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. 10 Their city is broken down and laid desolate; all their houses are shut up, so that no one can enter. 11 They cry out for wine in the streets; all joy has ended; all gladness is removed from the land. 12 Desolation is left in the city, and the gates are beaten to ruins. 13 So the righteous will be left alone in the midst of the earth, among the kingdoms, like the shaking of an olive tree, like the gleaning of grapes after the vintage. 14 They will lift up their voice, they will give praise on account of the Memra of the LORD; they will rejoice as they rejoiced over the mighty works that were done for them by the sea. 15 When light comes to the righteous they will glorify the LORD; in the islands of the sea they will laud and bless the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. 16 From the house of the sanctuary, from there joy will go forth to all the inhabitants of the earth, for we have heard the praise of the righteous! The prophet said, A secret! A reward for the righteous is shown to me; a secret! A punishment for the wicked is revealed to me. Woe to the oppressors, for they will be oppressed; and to the plunderers, for they will be plundered. 17 Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the land. 18 And whoever flees from before the terror will fall into the midst of the pit, and whoever comes up out of the midst of the pit will be caught in the snare; for mighty works are done in the heavens, and therefore the foundations of the earth quake. 19 The land is terribly shaken, the land reels back and forth terribly, the land is utterly broken. 20 The land is utterly cast down like a drunkard; she totters like a couch, and her sins are heavy upon her; she will fall and rise no more. 21 And at that time the LORD will punish the mighty host that dwells in power, and the kings, the sons of men, who dwell on the earth. 22 And they will be gathered together as prisoners, and they will be shut up in the dungeon, and after many days they will be remembered. 23 Those who worship the moon will be dismayed, and those who worship the sun will be ashamed; because the power of the LORD of hosts will be revealed on Mount Zion,⁠b and before the elders of His people in glory.