1:6 and those who turn their backs on 1 the Lord
and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.” 2
1:7 Be silent before the Lord God, 3
for the Lord’s day of judgment 4 is almost here. 5
The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; 6
he has ritually purified 7 his guests.
1:8 “On the day of the Lord’s sacrificial meal,
I will punish the princes 8 and the king’s sons,
and all who wear foreign styles of clothing. 9
1:9 On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, 10
who fill the house of their master 11 with wealth taken by violence and deceit. 12
1:10 On that day,” says the Lord,
“a loud cry will go up 13 from the Fish Gate, 14
wailing from the city’s newer district, 15
and a loud crash 16 from the hills.
1:11 Wail, you who live in the market district, 17
for all the merchants 18 will disappear 19
and those who count money 20 will be removed. 21
1:12 At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps.
I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, 22
those who think to themselves, 23
‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’ 24
1:13 Their wealth will be stolen
and their houses ruined!
They will not live in the houses they have built,
nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted.
1:14 The Lord’s great day of judgment 25 is almost here;
it is approaching very rapidly!
There will be a bitter sound on the Lord’s day of judgment;
at that time warriors will cry out in battle. 26
1:15 That day will be a day of God’s anger, 27
a day of distress and hardship,
a day of devastation and ruin,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and dark skies,
1:16 a day of trumpet blasts 28 and battle cries. 29
Judgment will fall on 30 the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
1:17 I will bring distress on the people 31
and they will stumble 32 like blind men,
for they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dirt;
their flesh 33 will be scattered 34 like manure.
1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them
in the day of the Lord’s angry judgment.
The whole earth 35 will be consumed by his fiery wrath. 36
Indeed, 37 he will bring terrifying destruction 38 on all who live on the earth.” 39