24:16 From the ends of the earth we 1 hear songs –
the Just One is majestic. 2
But I 3 say, “I’m wasting away! I’m wasting away! I’m doomed!
Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!” 4
24:17 Terror, pit, and snare
are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth! 5
24:18 The one who runs away from the sound of the terror
will fall into the pit; 6
the one who climbs out of the pit,
will be trapped by the snare.
For the floodgates of the heavens 7 are opened up 8
and the foundations of the earth shake.
24:19 The earth is broken in pieces,
the earth is ripped to shreds,
the earth shakes violently. 9
24:20 The earth will stagger around 10 like a drunk;
it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. 11
Its sin will weigh it down,
and it will fall and never get up again.
24:21 At that time 12 the Lord will punish 13
the heavenly forces in the heavens 14
and the earthly kings on the earth.
24:22 They will be imprisoned in a pit, 15
locked up in a prison,
and after staying there for a long time, 16 they will be punished. 17