12 And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
and punish those who settle down comfortably,[a](A)
who say to themselves:
The Lord will do nothing—good or bad.(B)
13 Their wealth will become plunder
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.(C)

14 The great day of the Lord is near,(D)
near and rapidly approaching.
Listen, the day of the Lord
then the warrior’s cry is bitter.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:12 Lit who thicken on their dregs

12 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps
    and punish those who are complacent,(A)
    who are like wine left on its dregs,(B)
who think, ‘The Lord will do nothing,(C)
    either good or bad.’(D)
13 Their wealth will be plundered,(E)
    their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
    they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
    they will not drink the wine.”(F)

14 The great day of the Lord(G) is near(H)
    near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
    the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

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