9People no longer drink wine when they sing. Liquor tastes bad to its drinkers.
10The ruined city lies desolate. The entrance to every house is barred shut.
11People in the streets call for wine. All joy passes away, and the earth's happiness is banished.
12The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.
13That is the way it will be on earth among the nations. They will be like an olive tree which has been shaken or like what's left after the grape harvest.
14They raise their voices. They shout for joy. From the sea they sing joyfully about the LORD's majesty.
15Honor the LORD in the east. Honor the name of the LORD God of Israel along the coastlands.
16From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise that honor the Righteous One. But I kept saying, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! How horrible it is for me! Traitors continue to betray, and their treachery grows worse and worse."
17Disasters, pits, and traps are in store for those who live on earth.
18Whoever flees from news of a disaster will fall into a pit. Whoever climbs out of that pit will be caught in a trap. The floodgates in the sky will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19The earth will be completely broken. The earth will shake back and forth violently. The earth will stagger.
20The earth will stumble like a drunk and sway like a shack in the wind. Its disobedience weighs heavy on it. It will fall and not get up again.
21On that day the LORD will punish heaven's armies in heaven and earth's kings on earth.
22They'll be gathered like prisoners in a jail and locked in prison. After a long time they'll be punished.
23The moon will be embarrassed. The sun will be ashamed, because the LORD of Armies will rule on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will be glorious in the presence of his respected leaders.
