8. His land is full of gods that the people bow down to worship. They made those idols themselves.
9. The people have become worse and worse. They have become very low, and you leaders did nothing to lift them up!
10. You should be afraid of the Lord! Go hide in the dirt and behind the rocks. Hide from his glorious power!
11. Proud people will stop being proud. They will bow down to the ground with shame, and only the Lord will still stand high.
12. The Lord All-Powerful has a special day planned when he will punish the proud and boastful people. They will be brought down.
13. They might be like the tall cedar trees from Lebanon or the great oak trees from Bashan, but they will be cut down.
14. They might be like the tall mountains and high hills
15. or like the tall towers and high walls, but they will be brought down.
16. They might be like great ships from Tarshish, filled with such wonderful cargo, but they will be brought down.
17. At that time those proud people will fall. They will bow low to the ground, and only the Lord will stand high.
18. All the idols will be gone.