The (A)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (B)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.

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(A)The land mourns and wastes away,
(B)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
(C)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel [a]lose their foliage.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:9 Lit shake off

16 Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says:

“There is (A)mourning in all the public squares,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’
They also call the (B)farmer to mourning
And [a](C)professional mourners to mourning rites.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:16 Lit those who know mourning

“I will remove (A)human and animal life;
I will remove the (B)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the [a](C)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the [b]earth,” declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 1:3 Or stumbling blocks
  2. Zephaniah 1:3 Lit ground

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