Cry out and howl, son of man: for this [sword] has come upon My people, this [sword has come] upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: [judgment] with the sword has come upon My people; therefore clap your hands, for sentence has been passed;

Howl, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.

Howl, you gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, [even] all the Philistines; for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no [possibility] of living.

Grieve for yourselves; for even Dibon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed; there shall you go up to weep, over Nebo of the land of Moab; howl; baldness shall be on every head, [and] all arms [shall be] wounded.

Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab; but you shall care for them that dwell in Hareseth, and you shall not be ashamed.

The word concerning Tyre. Howl, you ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the land of the Citians; she is led captive.

Depart to Carthage. Howl, you that dwell in this island.

behold, My servants shall exalt with joy, but you shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit.

For these things gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, and howl; for the anger of the Lord has not turned away from you.

Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fulness. The city, and them that dwell in it; and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl,

Awake, you drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all you that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness are removed from your mouth.

the farmers are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field.

Lament, you that inhabit the [city] that has been broken down, for all the people have become like Canaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.

Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted. Howl, you oaks of the land of Bashan, for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.

Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!

standing from afar on account of the fear of her torment, saying, 'Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! Because in one hour your judgment came.'