1Some day, Yahweh is going to destroy everything on the earth.
2He will scatter everyone—
3Nothing that is worth anything will be left on earth;
4Everything on the earth will dry up and die [DOU];
5The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws;
6Therefore, Yahweh will curse the earth;
7The grapevines will wither,
8People will no longer play cheerful songs with tambourines,
9People will no longer sing while they drink wine,
10Towns and cities will be desolate;
11Mobs will gather in the streets, wanting wine;
12Cities will be ruined
13It will be like that all over the earth:
14But those who are left alive will sing joyfully;
15people in nations to the east of Israel will also praise Yahweh [MTY];
16We will hear people in the most distant places on the earth singing praise to Yahweh, the truly righteous one.
17You people all over the earth,
18Those who try to flee because they are terrified
19The earth will split apart and be shattered;
20It will be as though the earth will stagger like [SIM] a drunk;
21At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked powerful beings in the skies
22They will all be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon/pit.
23At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened;