11. At that time, this people and Jerusalem will be told:A blistering wind from the bare heights;it rages in the desert toward my people,not merely to winnow or cleanse.
12. This wind is too devastating for that.Now I, even I, will pronounce my sentence against them.
13. Look! He approaches like the clouds;his chariots advance like a tempest,his horses swifter than eagles.How horrible! We’re doomed!
14. Cleanse your heart of evil, Jerusalem,that you may be saved.How long will you entertain your destructive ideas?
15. A voice declares from Dan;someone proclaims disaster from the highlands of Ephraim.
16. Warn the nations,proclaim it to Jerusalem!Armies are approaching from a far-away country,raising their war cries against the towns of Judah.
17. They hem her in like those guarding a field,because she has rebelled against me,declares the Lord.
18. Your own conduct, your own deeds have done this to you.This is your payment and how bitter it is,piercing into the depths of your heart.
19. Oh, my suffering, my suffering!My pain is unbearable;my heart is in turmoil;it throbs nonstop.I can’t be silent, because I hear the blast of the trumpetand the roar of the battle cry!
20. Disaster follows disaster;the whole land is ruined.Suddenly, my tents are destroyed,my shelter in a moment.
21. How long must I see the battle flagsand hear the blast of the trumpet?
22. My people are foolish.They don’t even know me!They are thoughtless childrenwithout understanding;they are skilled at doing wrong,inept at doing right.
23. I looked at the earth,and it was without shape or form;at the heavensand there was no light.
24. I looked at the mountainsand they were quaking;all the hills were rocking back and forth.
25. I looked and there was no one left;every bird in the sky had taken flight.
26. I looked and the fertile land was a desert;all its towns were in ruinsbefore the Lord, before his fury.
27. The Lord proclaims:The whole earth will become a desolation,but I will not destroy it completely.