18 We were pregnant, we writhed,but we gave birth to wind.We have achieved no victories on earth;the inhabitants of the earth never fall.
19 Your dead will live, their corpses will rise,and those who dwell in the dust will shout for joy.Your shadow is a shadow of light,but you will bring down the ghosts into the underworld.
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you.Take cover, for in a little while the fury will be over.
21 Look! The Lord is going out from his placeto bring the iniquity of the ruler of the earth down upon him.The earth will uncover its bloodand will conceal its slain no longer.