12 I will make people scarcer than pure gold,

more rare than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;

and the earth will shake from its place

at the wrath of the Lord Almighty,

in the day of his burning anger.

14 Like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd,

they will all return to their own people,

they will flee to their native land.

15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;

all who are caught will fall by the sword.

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold;

Even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens,

And the earth shall remove out of her place,

In the wrath of the Lord of hosts,

And in the day of his fierce anger.

14 And it shall be as the chased roe,

And as a sheep that no man taketh up:

They shall every man turn to his own people,

And flee every one into his own land.

15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through;

And every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

12 I will make people scarcer than gold—

more rare than the fine gold of Ophir.

13 For I will shake the heavens.

The earth will move from its place

when the Lord of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath

in the day of his fierce anger.”

14 Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,

like sheep without a shepherd.

They will try to find their own people

and flee to their own land.

15 Anyone who is captured will be cut down—

run through with a sword.

12 I will make a mortal more rare than fine gold,

A man more than the golden wedge of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will shake the heavens,

And the earth will move out of her place,

In the wrath of the Lord of hosts

And in the day of His fierce anger.

14 It shall be as the hunted gazelle,

And as a sheep that no man takes up;

Every man will turn to his own people,

And everyone will flee to his own land.

15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through,

And everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

12 People will be harder to find than pure gold;

there will be fewer people than there is fine gold in Ophir.

13 I will make the sky shake,

and the earth will be moved from its place

by the anger of the Lord All-Powerful

at the time of his burning anger.

14 “Then the people from Babylon will run away like hunted deer

or like sheep who have no shepherd.

Everyone will turn back to his own people;

each will run back to his own land.

15 Everyone who is captured will be killed;

everyone who is caught will be killed with a sword.

12 I will make a man more rare than fine gold, even a man than the pure gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall come to pass, that as the chased roe, and as sheep that no man gathereth, they shall turn every man to his own people, and shall flee every man to his own land. 15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.

12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold, even man than the gold of Ophir. 13 Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it shall be as with a chased roe, and as with a flock that no man gathereth together; every one shall turn to his own people, and every one flee into his own land. 15 All that are found shall be thrust through; and every one that is in league with them shall fall by the sword.

12 I will make people harder to find than pure gold 

and human beings more rare than gold from Ophir. 

13 I will make heaven tremble, 

and the earth will be shaken from its place 

when the Lord of Armies is angry. 

At that time he will be very angry. 

14 They’ll be like hunted gazelle 

and like sheep with no one to gather them. 

Everyone will return to his own people 

and flee to his own land. 

15 Whoever is found will be stabbed to death. 

Whoever is captured will be executed. 

12 I will make man scarcer than gold,

and mankind more rare than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will shake from its foundations

at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts,

on the day of His burning anger.

14 Like wandering gazelles

and like sheep without a shepherd,

each one will turn to his own people,

each one will flee to his own land.

15 Whoever is found will be stabbed,

and whoever is caught will die by the sword.

12 I will make mortals more rare than fine gold,

and humans than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will be shaken out of its place,

at the wrath of the Lord of hosts

in the day of his fierce anger.

14 Like a hunted gazelle,

or like sheep with no one to gather them,

all will turn to their own people,

and all will flee to their own lands.

15 Whoever is found will be thrust through,

and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.

12 I will make humanity more rare than gold

and humankind more than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will quake from its place

because of the wrath of Yahweh of hosts,

and in the day his anger burns.

14 And this shall happen:

like a hunted gazelle or sheep with none to gather them,

they will each turn to his own people,

and they will each flee to his own land.

15 Everyone who is found will be pierced through,

and everyone who is carried away will fall by the sword.

12 He’ll make men harder to find than pure gold.

They will be harder to find than gold from Ophir.

13 He will make the heavens tremble.

He’ll shake the earth out of its place.

The Lord who rules over all will show how angry he is.

At that time his burning anger will blaze out.

14 Outsiders who live in Babylonia will scatter

like antelope that are chased by a hunter.

They are like sheep that don’t have a shepherd.

All of them will return to their own people.

They will run back to their own countries.

15 Those who are captured will have spears stuck through them.

Those who are caught will be killed with swords.

12 I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold

And mankind than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

And the earth will be shaken from its place

At the fury of the Lord of hosts

In the day of His burning anger.

14 And it will be that like a hunted gazelle,

Or like sheep with none to gather them,

They will each turn to his own people,

And each one flee to his own land.

15 Anyone who is found will be thrust through,

And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.