2:6 Indeed, O Lord, ¹  you have abandoned your people,

the descendants of Jacob.

For diviners from the east are everywhere; ² 

they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. ³ 

Plenty of foreigners are around. ⁴ 

2:7 Their land is full of gold and silver;

there is no end to their wealth. ⁵ 

Their land is full of horses;

there is no end to their chariots. ⁶ 

2:8 Their land is full of worthless idols;

they worship ⁷  the product of their own hands,

what their own fingers have fashioned.

2:9 Men bow down to them in homage,

they lie flat on the ground in worship. ⁸ 

Don’t spare them! ⁹ 

2:10 Go up into the rocky cliffs,

hide in the ground.

Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, ¹⁰ 

from his royal splendor!

2:11 Proud men will be brought low,

arrogant men will be humiliated; ¹¹ 

the Lord alone will be exalted ¹² 

in that day.

2:12 Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, ¹³ 

for ¹⁴  all the high and mighty,

for all who are proud – they will be humiliated;

2:13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,

that are so high and mighty,

for all the oaks of Bashan; ¹⁵ 

2:14 for all the tall mountains,

for all the high hills, ¹⁶ 

2:15 for every high tower,

for every fortified wall,