“Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:

People of the west ¹  are appalled at his fate; ²  people of the east are seized with horror, ³  saying, ⁴ 

Upright men are appalled ¹  at this; the innocent man is troubled ²  with the godless.

All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid – their faces are troubled.

May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be humiliated ¹  and disgraced! ² 

I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled.

Look ¹  at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths. ² 

Be amazed at this, O heavens! ¹  Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the Lord.

When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated.

All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.’”

Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ¹  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ²  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

“When this happens,” ¹  says the Lord, “the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment.”

My strength leaves me; ¹  I am absolutely shocked. ² 

I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. ¹  So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on. ² 

After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. ¹  It will be totally desolate. All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. ² 

He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

All the princes of the sea will vacate ¹  their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. ² 

I will shock many peoples with you, and their kings will shiver with horror because of you. When I brandish my sword before them, every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.

“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. ¹ 

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. ¹