2  “I will utterly sweep away everything

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

3  “I will sweep away man and beast;

I will sweep away the birds of the heavens

and the ^bfish of the sea,

and the rubble¹ with the wicked.

I will cut off mankind

from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

17  ^rI will bring distress on mankind,

so that they shall walk ^slike the blind,

because they have sinned against the Lord;

their blood shall be poured out like dust,

and their flesh like dung.

18  Neither their silver nor their gold

shall be able to deliver them

^ton the day of the wrath of the Lord.

^uIn the fire of his jealousy,

all the earth shall be consumed;

for a full and sudden end

he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

8  “Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord,

“for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.

For my decision is to gather nations,

to assemble kingdoms,

to ^qpour out upon them my indignation,

all my burning anger;

for ^rin the fire of my jealousy

all the earth shall be consumed.