9. Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies,and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
10. “On that day,” says the lord,“a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gateand echo throughout the New Quarter of the city.And a great crash will sound from the hills.
11. Wail in sorrow, all you who live in the market area,for all the merchants and traders will be destroyed.
12. “I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem’s darkest cornersto punish those who sit complacent in their sins.They think the lord will do nothing to them,either good or bad.
13. So their property will be plundered,their homes will be ransacked.They will build new homesbut never live in them.They will plant vineyardsbut never drink wine from them.
14. “That terrible day of the lord is near.Swiftly it comes—a day of bitter tears,a day when even strong men will cry out.
15. It will be a day when the lord’s anger is poured out—a day of terrible distress and anguish,a day of ruin and desolation,a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and blackness,
16. a day of trumpet calls and battle cries.Down go the walled citiesand the strongest battlements!
17. “Because you have sinned against the lord,I will make you grope around like the blind.Your blood will be poured into the dust,and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”