12. I will make man scarcer than gold,and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.
13. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,on the day of His burning anger.
14. Like wandering gazellesand like sheep without a shepherd, each one will turn to his own people,each one will flee to his own land.
15. Whoever is found will be stabbed,and whoever is caught will die by the sword.
16. Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes; their houses will be looted,and their wives raped.
17. Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them, who cannot be bought off with silverand who have no desire for gold.