5:25 So the Lord is furious 1 with his people;
he lifts 2 his hand and strikes them.
The mountains shake,
and corpses lie like manure 3 in the middle of the streets.
Despite all this, his anger does not subside,
and his hand is ready to strike again. 4
3:6 “I destroyed 5 nations;
their walled cities 6 are in ruins.
I turned their streets into ruins;
no one passes through them.
Their cities are desolate; 7
no one lives there. 8
3:7 I thought, 9 ‘Certainly you will respect 10 me!
Now you will accept correction!’
If she had done so, her home 11 would not be destroyed 12
by all the punishments I have threatened. 13
But they eagerly sinned
in everything they did. 14
3:8 Therefore you must wait patiently 15 for me,” says the Lord,
“for the day when I attack and take plunder. 16
I have decided 17 to gather nations together
and assemble kingdoms,
so I can pour out my fury on them –
all my raging anger.
For 18 the whole earth will be consumed
by my fiery anger.