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10 You women feel safe now,
    but after one year you will be afraid.
There will be no grape harvest.
    There will not be any summer fruit to gather.
11 Women, you are calm now, but you should shake with fear.
    Women, you feel safe now, but you should tremble.
Take off your nice clothes.
    Then put rough cloth around your waist to show your sadness.
12 Beat your breasts in grief because the fields that were pleasant are now empty.
    Cry because the vines that once had fruit now have no more grapes.

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10 In little more than a year(A)
    you who feel secure will tremble;
the grape harvest will fail,(B)
    and the harvest of fruit will not come.
11 Tremble,(C) you complacent women;
    shudder, you daughters who feel secure!(D)
Strip off your fine clothes(E)
    and wrap yourselves in rags.(F)
12 Beat your breasts(G) for the pleasant fields,
    for the fruitful vines(H)

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