Study Desk

Though they blow the trumpet and get everything ready, no one will go into battle, for my wrath is upon the whole crowd.

"Outside is the sword, inside are plague and famine; those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

All who survive and escape will be in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys, each because of his sins.

Every hand will go limp, and every knee will become as weak as water.

They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Their faces will be covered with shame and their heads will be shaved.

They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them in the day of the LORD 's wrath. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them stumble into sin.