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"This is the end^[a]
for my people Israel.
    I won't forgive them again.
³ Instead of singing
in the temple,
    they will cry and weep.
Dead bodies will be everywhere.
    So keep silent!
I, the Lord, have spoken!"

⁴ You people crush those in need
    and wipe out the poor.
⁵ You say to yourselves,
"How much longer before the end
    of the New Moon Festival?
When will the Sabbath^[b] be over?
Our wheat is ready,
    and we want to sell it now.
We can't wait to cheat
and charge high prices
    for the grain we sell.
We will use dishonest scales
⁶     and mix dust in the grain.
Those who are needy and poor
    don't have any money.
We will make them our slaves
for the price
    of a pair of sandals."

⁷ I, the Lord, won't forget
    any of this,
though you take great pride
    in your ancestor Jacob.^[c]
8 Your country will tremble,
    and you will mourn.
It will be like the Nile River
that rises and overflows,
    then sinks back down.

⁹ On that day, I, the Lord God,
will make the sun
    go down at noon,
and I will turn daylight
    into darkness.
¹⁰ Your festivals and joyful singing
    will turn into sorrow.
You will wear sackcloth^[d]
    and shave your heads,
as you would at the death
of your only son.
    It will be a horrible day.

¹¹ I, the Lord, also promise you
a terrible shortage,
    but not of food and water.
You will hunger and thirst
    to hear my message.
¹² You will search everywhere—
from north to south,
    from east to west.
You will go all over the earth,
    seeking a message
from me, the Lord.
    But you won't find one.

¹³ Your beautiful young women
and your young men
    will faint from thirst.
¹⁴ You made promises
in the name of Ashimah,
    the goddess of Samaria.
And you made vows in my name
at the shrines
    of Dan and Beersheba.^[e]
But you will fall
    and never get up.