Look here! The LORD is coming from his place! He will come down and will trample down the high places throughout the land.

The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will split apart, like wax in the presence of fire and like water gushing down a steep incline.

"Don't discuss it in Gath! Don't cry bitterly in Akim! Roll in the ashes, Beth-leaphrah!

Run away, you residents of Shaphir, displaying your shameful nakedness. Don't come out, you residents of Zaanan! Your firm standing will disappear as Beth-ezel mourns.

To those who speak out, they will declare, "Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away.

Her leaders judge for the money, her priests teach only when they're paid, and her prophets prophesy for cash. Even so, don't they all rely on the LORD as they ask, "The LORD is among us, is he not? Nothing bad can possibly happen to us!'

"Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, "Let her be defiled,' and "Let's look down on Zion.'

But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, and they don't understand his tactics, for he will gather them like harvested grain to his threshing floor.

The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many nations, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver.

You will turn your power against your adversaries, and all of your enemies will be cut down."

I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will tear down all of your fortifications.

I will uproot your cultic gods from you, and I will tear down your cities.

"My people, what have I done to you, and how have I offended you? Answer me!

Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.

Don't be glad on my account, my enemy. When I fall, I'll get up. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD is a light for me.