17. Listen to me, everyone! There are terrors, pits, and traps waiting for you.
18. Anyone who tries to escape from the terror will fall into a pit, and anyone who escapes from the pit will be caught in a trap. Torrents of rain will pour from the sky, and earth's foundations will shake.
19. The earth will crack and shatter and split open.
20. The earth itself will stagger like a drunken man and sway like a hut in a storm. The world is weighed down by its sins; it will collapse and never rise again.
21. A time is coming when the Lord will punish the powers above and the rulers of the earth.
22. God will crowd kings together like prisoners in a pit. He will shut them in prison until the time of their punishment comes.
23. The moon will grow dark, and the sun will no longer shine, for the Lord Almighty will be king. He will rule in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and the leaders of the people will see his glory.