Woe to you, Babylon and Asia! Woe to you, Egypt and Syria!
2Gird yourselves with sackcloth and garments of lamentation, and mourn your children, and grieve, for your destruction is near.
3The sword has been sent upon you, and who will turn it back?
4Fire has been sent upon you, and who will quench it?
5Calamities have been sent upon you, and who will repel them?
6Can anyone repel a hungry lion in the forest, or put out the fire when the chaff is burning?
7Can anyone repel an arrow shot by a strong archer?
8The Lord God sends the calamities, and who will repel them?
9Fire has gone out from his wrath, and who will quench it?
10He will flash lightning, and who will not fear? He will thunder, and who will not tremble?
11The Lord will threaten, and who will not be completely destroyed before him?
12The earth and its foundations tremble, the sea is stirred up from the depths, and its waves and the fish in them will be disturbed before the face of the Lord and the glory of his power.
13For his hand that bends the bow is strong, and his arrows that he shoots are sharp and will not miss when they begin to be shot to the ends of the world.
14Behold, the calamities are sent and will not return until they come upon the earth.
15The fire is kindled and will not be quenched until it consumes the foundations of the earth.