16. From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:"Glory to the righteous one!"But I say, "I waste away; I waste away;I’m doomed!Betrayers betray; treacherously betrayers betray."
17. Terror, trench, and trap are upon you,ruler of the earth!
18. Whoever flees from the sound of terror will fall into the trench;whoever climbs from the trench will be caught in the trap.Heaven’s windows will open, and the earth’s foundations will quake.
19. The earth is shattering, shattering;the earth is shaking, shaking;the earth is teetering, tottering.
20. The earth trembles like a drunkand shudders like a hut;its rebellion weighs heavy upon it;it will fall, no more to rise.
21. On that day, the Lord will punish the forces of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth on earth.
22. They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit, shut into a prison, and punished after many days.
23. The moon will be diminished, and the sun will fade, since the Lord of heavenly forces will rule on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious before his elders.