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The pangs of one giving birth shall come to him; he is not a wise son, for he cannot stand still in the time of the breaking forth of sons.

Samaria shall be desolate, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.

O Israel, return to Jehovah your God, for you have fallen by your sin.

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses. We shall not say any more to the work of our hands, Our gods! For in You the fatherless finds mercy.

I will heal their backslidings; I will love them freely; for My anger has turned away from him.

Who is wise and discerns these things? Who is discerning and knows them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the righteous shall walk in them; but transgressors shall stumble in them.

Awake, drunkards, and weep. And wail, all wine drinkers, over the grape must, for it is cut off from your mouth.

For a nation has come up on my land, strong and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness.

The field is wasted; the land mourns, for the grain is wasted. The new wine is dried up, the oil tree droops.

Be withered, farmers, howl, vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.

Gird up and lament, priests. Howl, ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God. For the food offering and the drink offering are held back from the house of your God.

Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand. And it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

The seed shrivels under their clods; the storage bins are laid waste, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

How the beasts groan! The herds of livestock are vexed, for there is no pasture for them. Even the flocks of sheep are perishing.

O Jehovah, to You I will cry, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and has consumed all the trees of the field.

The beasts of the field also long for You, for the rivers of water are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Blow a ram's horn in Zion, and shout an alarm in My holy mountain. Let all those living in the land tremble. For the day of Jehovah approaches; it is near,

They shall leap like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, like the noise of flames of fire that devour the chaff, as a strong people set in order for battle.

And Jehovah shall give His voice before His army, for His camp is very great. For he who does His Word is strong. For the day of Jehovah is very great and terrifying, and who can endure it?

Yea, tear your heart, and not your robes; and turn to Jehovah your God. For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities concerning the evil.