14. Now they are dead and will not live again;their ghosts will not rise,for you have punished them and destroyed them.No one remembers them any more.
15. Lord, you have made our nation grow,enlarging its territory on every side,and this has brought you honour.
16. You punished your people, Lord,and in anguish they prayed to you.
17. You, Lord, have made us cry out,as a woman in labour cries out in pain.
18. We were in pain and agony,but we gave birth to nothing.We have won no victory for our land;we have accomplished nothing.
19. Those of our people who have died will live again!Their bodies will come back to life.All those sleeping in their graveswill wake up and sing for joy.As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth,so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.
20. Go into your houses, my people, and shut the door behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until God's anger is over.
21. The Lord is coming from his heavenly dwelling place to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The murders that were secretly committed on the earth will be revealed, and the ground will no longer hide those who have been killed.