¹² Alas, the uproar of many peoples
^(A)Who roar like the roaring of the seas,
And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the ^(B)rumbling of mighty waters!
¹³ The ^(C)nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will ^(D)rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And be chased ^(E)like chaff in the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
¹⁴ At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning ^(F)they are no more.
^[a]Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.

⁸ It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his ^[a]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his ^[b]thirst is not quenched.
^(A)Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.