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The Lord has sworn by ·his name, the Pride of Jacob [or the arrogance of Jacob], “I will never forget everything that these people did.
The whole ·land [or earth] will shake because of it,
    and everyone who lives in the land will ·cry for those who died [mourn].
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be ·shaken [stirred/heaved up], and then it will ·fall [sink; subside]
    like the Nile River in Egypt [C the Nile flooded its banks each year].”
The Lord God says:
“·At that time [L In that day] I will cause the sun to go down at noon
    and make the earth dark ·on a bright day [in broad daylight].

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The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(A) “I will never forget(B) anything they have done.(C)

“Will not the land tremble(D) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.(E)

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(F)

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