12. They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes,and wine at their parties.So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing,they do not perceive what he is bringing about.
13. Therefore my people will be deportedbecause of their lack of understanding.Their leaders will have nothing to eat,their masses will have nothing to drink.
14. So Death will open up its throat,and open wide its mouth;Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it,including those who revel and celebrate within her.
15. Men will be humiliated,they will be brought low;the proud will be brought low.
16. The Lord who commands armies will be exalted when he punishes,the sovereign God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.
17. Lambs will graze as if in their pastures,amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.
18. Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead,who pull sin as with cart ropes.