1-3. Danger ahead! God’s about to ravish the earthand leave it in ruins,Rip everything out by the rootsand send everyone scurrying:priests and laypeople alike,owners and workers alike,celebrities and nobodies alike,buyers and sellers alike,bankers and beggars alike,the haves and have-nots alike.The landscape will be a moonscape,totally wasted.And why? Because God says so.He’s issued the orders.
14-16. But there are some who will break into glad song.Out of the west they’ll shout of God’s majesty.Yes, from the east God’s glory will ascend.Every island of the seaWill broadcast God’s fame,the fame of the God of Israel.From the four winds and the seven seas we hear the singing:“All praise to the Righteous One!”