¹¹ I will cut off the cities of your land, And will tear down all your strongholds.

¹² For there will be a day of Yahweh of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low:

¹³ For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, For all the oaks of Bashan,

¹⁴ For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up,

¹⁵ For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall,

¹⁶ For all the ships of Tarshish, And for all pleasant imagery.

¹⁷ The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹¹ Then I said, "Lord, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the land becomes utterly waste,

¹¹ and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

¹⁴ Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

⁹ Who brings sudden destruction on the strong, So that destruction comes on the fortress.

⁶ Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Hosts.