“I will bring
Such distress
Upon the people
That they shall walk
Like the blind.
They have sinned
Against Yahweh.
Their blood
Shall be poured out
Like dust.
Their flesh
Shall be
Like dung.
Neither their silver,
Nor their gold,
Shall be able
To save them
On the day
Of Yahweh’s wrath.
In the fire
Of his passion,
The whole earth
Shall be consumed.
He will make
All the inhabitants
Of the earth
A full end,
A terrible end.”
Very clearly the end was coming. There would be so much distress among humans that they would be walking around as if they were blind. They had sinned against Yahweh, so that their blood would be poured out like dust, while their bodies would be like smelly dung. Their silver and gold would not save them from Yahweh’s day of wrath, because Yahweh’s angry passion would consume the whole world, including all the people living on it. The end times was near.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 