33 Young women will be in mourning because there is no one to marry them; wives will be in mourning because they have lost their husbands; girls will be in mourning because there is no one to help them.
34 All the young men will be killed in the war, and all the married men will die in the famine.
35 Now listen to my message, you people who serve the Lord.
36 It is the Lord's message, so receive it and believe what he says.
37 The disasters are approaching rapidly, and they will not be delayed.
38 A woman in the ninth month of pregnancy may suffer labour pains for several hours, but when the time comes for the baby to be born, there is no longer any delay.
39 In the same way, the disasters that are coming on the earth will not be delayed, and the world will groan when it is caught in its labour pains.