1Terrible things will happen to you people in Jerusalem who are not worried about anything,
2But go to Calneh city and see what happened there.
3You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters,
4You lie on beds decorated with expensive ivory,
5You create/compose new songs
6You drink entire bowlfuls of wine
7Your feasting and lounging on soft couches will soon end,
8Yahweh the Lord has solemnly declared this:
9When that happens, if there are ten people in one house, they will all die.
10If a relative who ◄has the task of/is responsible for► burning their corpses comes to the house and inquires of anyone who is still hiding there, “Is there anyone here with you?”, and that person replies “No,” the one who inquired will say, “Be quiet! We must not mention the name of Yahweh, lest he cause us also to be killed!”
11Terrible things like that will happen because Yahweh has commanded that large houses in Israel must be smashed into pieces,
12Horses certainly do not [RHQ] run on big rocks,
13You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar town,
14But the Commander of the armies of angels declares,