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.
19. They say, “Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see;let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass,then we will know it!”
20. Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead,who turn darkness into light and light into darkness,who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.