4. I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord.”
5. This is what the Sovereign Lord is saying, “One disaster after another is coming on you.
6. It's all over. This is the end. You are finished.
7. The end is coming for you people who live in the land. The time is near when there will be no more celebrations at the mountain shrines, only confusion.
8. “Very soon now you will feel all the force of my anger. I am judging you for what you have done, and I will pay you back for all your disgusting conduct.
9. I will not spare you or show you any mercy. I am going to punish you for the disgusting things you have done, so that you will know that I am the Lord, and that I am the one who punishes you.”
10. The day of disaster is coming for Israel. Violence is flourishing. Pride is at its height.
11. Violence produces more wickedness. Nothing of theirs will remain, nothing of their wealth, their splendour, or their glory.
12. The time is coming. The day is near when buying and selling will have no more meaning, because God's punishment will fall on everyone alike.