12 The city is left in ruins,its gates battered down.
13 Throughout the earth the story is the same—only a remnant is left,like the stray olives left on the treeor the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.
14 But all who are left shout and sing for joy.Those in the west praise the lord’s majesty.
15 In eastern lands, give glory to the lord.In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the lord, the God of Israel.
16 We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth,songs that give glory to the Righteous One!But my heart is heavy with grief.Weep for me, for I wither away.Deceit still prevails,and treachery is everywhere.
17 Terror and traps and snares will be your lot,you people of the earth.
18 Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;the foundations of the earth shake.