1 Woe to you, Baḇel, and Asia! Woe to you, Mitsrayim and Aram!
2 Gird up yourselves with sackcloth and hair; bewail your children, and mourn, for your destruction is at hand.
3 A sword is sent upon you, and who shall turn it back?
4 A fire is sent among you, and who shall quench it?
5 Plagues are sent upon you, and who is he who would drive them away?
6 Shall any man drive away a hungry lion in the forest? Or shall anyone quench the fire in stubble, when it has begun to burn?
7 Would one turn again the arrow that is shot from a strong archer?
8 The Almighty Aḏon sends the plagues, and who is he who drives them away?
9 A fire shall go forth from His wrath, and who is he who would quench it?
10 He shall throw lightnings, and who would not fear? He shall thunder, and who would not be afraid?
11 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 threatens, and who would not be utterly beaten to dust at His presence?
12 The earth and its foundations quake, the sea rises up with waves from the deep, and its waves are troubled, and also the fish in it, before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and before the esteem of His power;
13 for His right hand is strong that bends the bow, His arrows that He shoots are sharp, and do not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
14 See, the plagues are sent, and shall not return again, until they come upon the earth.
15 The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out, till it consumes the foundation of the earth.
16 As an arrow which is shot by a mighty archer does not return, even so the plagues that are sent upon the earth shall not return again.
17 Woe is me! Woe is me! Who shall deliver me in those days?
18 The beginning of sorrows and great mourning; the beginning of scarcity of food and great death; the beginning of fighting, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! What shall I do when these evils come?
19 See, scarcity of food and plague, distress and anguish are sent as scourges for correction;
20 but for all these they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor ever remember the scourges.
21 See, food shall cost so little on earth, that they shall think themselves to be well at ease, and then evil shall grow on earth: the sword, scarcity of food and great confusion.
22 For many of those who dwell on earth shall perish from scarcity of food; and the others who escape the hunger, the sword shall destroy.
23 And the dead shall be thrown out as dung, and there shall be no one to comfort them; for the earth shall be a waste, and the cities shall be thrown down.
24 There shall be no one left to till the earth, and to sow it;
25 the trees shall give fruit, but who shall gather them?
26 The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? For all places shall be barren of mankind,
27 so that one shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.
28 For there shall be ten left of a city, and two of the field, who shall hide themselves in the thick forests, and in the caves of the rocks;
29 as in an orchard of olives there are three or four olives left on every tree;
30 or as there are left some clusters when a vineyard is gathered, by those who diligently seek through the vineyard.
31 Even so there shall be three or four left by those who search their houses with the sword in those days.
32 And the earth shall be laid waste, and its fields shall grow old, and its roads and all its paths shall grow full of thorns, because no one travels through there.
33 The maidens shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, having no helpers.
34 Their bridegrooms shall be destroyed in the fighting, and their husbands shall perish for scarcity of food.
35 Hear now these and understand them, you servants of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
36 This is the Word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, receive it; do not believe the mighty ones of whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spoke.
37 See, the plagues draw near, and do not delay.
38 As when a woman with child in the ninth month brings forth her son, within two or three hours of her birth, great pains encompass her womb – such pains, when the child is coming forth that do not ease for a moment –
39 even so the plagues to come upon the earth shall not be eased, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it from every side.
40 Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in those evils be as sojourners on the earth.
41 He who sells, let him be as he who flees; and he who buys, as one who loses;
42 he who deals in merchandise, as he who has no profit from it; and he who builds, as he who shall not dwell in it;
43 he who sows, as if he shall not reap; so also he who plants the vineyard, as he who shall not gather the grapes;
44 those who marry, as those who shall bear no children; and those who do not marry, as the widowers.
45 And therefore those who labour labour in vain;
46 for foreigners shall reap their fruits and plunder their goods, overthrow their houses and take their children captive, for they shall bring forth children into captivity and scarcity of food.
47 “And those who obtain their merchandise by robbery, the more they adorn their cities, their houses, their possessions and their own person;
48 the more shall I be wroth with them for their sin.” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
49 As a whore envies an upright honest and virtuous woman;
50 so righteousness hates wickedness, when she adorns herself, and accuses her to her face, when He comes who shall defend the one who diligently searches out every sin on the earth.
51 And therefore do not be like her, nor her works.
52 For yet a little, and wickedness shall be taken away from the earth, and righteousness shall reign among you.
53 Let not the sinner say that he has not sinned; for Elohim shall burn coals of fire upon his head, who says before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim and his esteem, “I have not sinned!”
54 See, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 knows all the works of man, their schemes, their thoughts, and their hearts;
55 who spoke but the word, “Let the earth be made.” and it was made; “Let the shamayim be made,” and it was created.
56 By His word the stars were made, and He knows the number of them.
57 He searches the deep, and its treasures; He has measured the sea, and what it contains.
58 He has shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with His word He has suspended the earth upon the waters.
59 He spreads out the shamayim like a span; He has founded it upon the waters.
60 He has made springs of water in the desert, and pools upon the tops of the mountains, that the floods might pour down from the high rocks to water the earth.
61 He made man, and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gave him breath, life, and understanding,
62 and indeed the Ruaḥ of Ĕl Shaddai; who made all and searches out all that is hidden in the secret places of the earth.
63 Surely He knows your plans, and the thoughts of your hearts, even those who sin, and want to hide their sin.
64 Therefore 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 searches out all your works exactly, and he shall put you all to shame.
65 And when your sins are produced, you shall be ashamed before all, and your own sins shall be your accusers in that Day.
66 What shall you do, or how shall you hide your sins before Elohim and His messengers?
67 See, Elohim Himself is the Judge; revere Him! Cease from your sins, and forget your wickednesses, to no longer I strive in them forever; so Elohim shall lead you out, and deliver you from all trouble.
68 For see, the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall take some of you away, and feed the idle, with that which is offered to idols.
69 And those who consent to them shall be mocked and reproached, and trampled under foot.
70 For in every place and in the neighbouring cities, there shall be a great uprising against those who revere 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
71 They shall be like madmen, sparing none, but continue ravaging and destroying those who revere 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
72 For they shall lay waste and take away their goods, and throw them out of their houses.
73 Then those who are My chosen shall be known; and they shall be tried as gold in the fire.
74 “Hear, O you My beloved,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, “See, the days of trouble are at hand, but I shall deliver you from them.
75 “Do not be afraid, neither doubt; for Elohim is your guide,
76 and the guide of those who guard My Commands and Orders,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Elohim, “do not let your sins weigh you down, and do not let your wickednesses rise up.
77 “Woe to those who are bound up in their sins and covered with their wickedness like a field overgrown with bushes, and its path covered with thorns, so that no man may travel through!
78 “It is left naked, and is thrown into the fire to be consumed by it.”