7 hBe silent in the presence of the Lord God;

iFor the day of the Lord is at hand,

For jthe Lord has prepared a sacrifice;

He has 7invited His guests.

8 “And it shall be,

In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,

That I will punish kthe princes and the king’s children,

And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.

9 In the same day I will punish

All those who lleap over the threshold,

Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

10 “And there shall be on that day,” says the Lord,

“The sound of a mournful cry from mthe Fish Gate,

A wailing from the Second Quarter,

And a loud crashing from the hills.

11 nWail, you inhabitants of 8Maktesh!

For all the merchant people are cut down;

All those who handle money are cut off.

12 “And it shall come to pass at that time

That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,

And punish the men

Who are osettled 9in complacency,

pWho say in their heart,

‘The Lord will not do good,

Nor will He do evil.’

13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,

And their houses a desolation;

They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards, but qnot drink their wine.”