A warning about the coming judgment

6 Yahweh, you have abandoned us your people

who are descendants of Jacob,

because everywhere your people practice the customs of people who live east of Israel.

Your people also perform rituals to find out what will happen in the future, like the people in Philistia do.

They make agreements/treaties with ◄pagans/people who do not know you►.

7 Israel is full of silver and gold;

there are very many ◄treasures/valuable things► here.

The land is full of war horses

and war chariots.

8 But the land is also full of idols;

the people worship things that they have made with their own hands.

9 So now they will be humbled

and they will be caused to become disgraced—

Yahweh, do not forgive them!

10 All you people should crawl into the caves in the rock cliffs!

You should hide in pits/holes in the ground

because of being afraid of Yahweh

and of his glorious and awesome power.

11 Yahweh will cause you people to no longer be arrogant,

and he will stop you from being proud.

Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on that day.

12 The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a day

when he will judge those who are proud, every one of them [DOU],

and he will humble them.

13 He will get rid of all those who think they should be admired like [MET] the tall cedar trees in Lebanon,

and like all the great oak trees in the Bashan region.

14 He will get rid of all those who think they are as great as [MET] all the high hills

and even the high mountains.

15 He will get rid of all those who think that they are high towers

and high strong walls inside of or behind which they will be safe.

16 He will destroy all those who are rich because they own big ships that carry goods to other countries

and they own other beautiful ships.

17 He will cause people to no longer be arrogant

and he will cause them to stop being proud.

Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on that day.

18 All idols will ◄disappear/be destroyed►.

19 When Yahweh comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth,

they will run to hide in caves in rock cliffs

and in holes/pits in the ground,

because of being afraid of Yahweh

and of his glorious and awesome power.

20 On that day, people will get rid of all their gold and silver idols

that they made to worship,

and they will throw them to the bats and rats.

21 Then they will crawl into caves

and hide in the crags in the cliffs.

They will do that to escape from the dreadful punishments that Yahweh will cause them to endure,

from what he will do because he is glorious and awesome,

when he comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth.

22 So, do not trust that people will save you,

because people are as powerless as [MET] their own breath.

People certainly cannot help you [RHQ]!