In just a little while My wrath will be spent and My anger will turn to their destruction.”

Go, my people, enter your rooms
and close your doors behind you.
Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.

Isn’t it true that in just a little while
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esar-haddon became king in his place.

Coastlands, listen to me;
distant peoples, pay attention.
The Lord called me before I was born.
He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Your holy people had a possession
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.

Even before they call, I will answer;
while they are still speaking, I will hear.