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^2 (c)"I will utterly sweep away everything
    from the face of the earth," declares the Lord.
³ "I will sweep away ^(d)man and beast;
    I will sweep away the birds of the heavens
    and ^(e)the fish of the sea,
and ^(f)the rubble^[a] with the wicked.
    I will ^(g)cut off mankind
    from the face of the earth," declares the Lord.
⁴ "I will stretch out my hand against Judah
    and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
^(h)and I will cut off from this place the remnant of Baal
    and the name of the idolatrous priests along with the priests,
^5 (i)those who bow down on the roofs
    to the host of the heavens,
^(j)those who bow down and swear to the Lord
    and yet swear by ^(k)Milcom,^[b]
6 (l)those who have turned back from following the Lord,
    ^(m)who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him."

^7 (n)Be silent before the Lord God!
    For ^(o)the day of the Lord is near;
^(p)the Lord has prepared a sacrifice
    and ^(q)consecrated his guests.
⁸ And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice—
^(r)"I will punish the officials and the king's sons
    and ^(s)all who array themselves in foreign attire.
⁹ On that day I will punish
    everyone ^(t)who leaps over the threshold,
and those who fill their master's^[c] house
    with violence and fraud.

¹⁰ "On that day," declares the Lord,
    "a cry will be heard from ^(u)the Fish Gate,
^(v)a wail from ^(w)the Second Quarter,
    a loud crash from the hills.
^11 (x)Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar!
    For all the traders^[d] are no more;
    all who weigh out silver are cut off.
¹² At that time ^(y)I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
    and I will punish the men
^(z)who are complacent,^{[e]
    (aa)}those who say in their hearts,
‘The Lord will not do good,
    nor will he do ill.'
¹³ Their goods shall be ^(ab)plundered,
    and their houses laid waste.
^(ac)Though they build houses,
    they shall not inhabit them;
^(ad)though they plant vineyards,
    they shall not drink wine from them."

^14 (ae)The great day of the Lord is near,
    near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
    ^(af)the mighty man cries aloud there.
^15 (ag)A day of wrath is that day,
    a day of distress and anguish,
a day of ^(ah)ruin and devastation,
    ^(ai)a day of darkness and gloom,
^(aj)a day of clouds and thick darkness,
^{16     (ak)}a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
^(al)against the fortified cities
    and against the lofty battlements.

^17 (am)I will bring distress on mankind,
    so that they shall walk ^(an)like the blind,
    because they have sinned against the Lord;
^(ao)their blood shall be poured out like dust,
    and their flesh ^(ap)like dung.
^18 (aq)Neither their silver nor their gold
    shall be able to deliver them
    on the day of the wrath of the Lord.
^(ar)In the fire of his jealousy,
    ^(as)all the earth shall be consumed;
^(at)for a full and sudden end
    he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.