11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;
I am tired of holding it back.(A)
Pour it out on the children in the street,(B)
on the gathering of young men as well.
For both husband and wife will be captured,
the old with the very old.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:11 Lit with fullness of days

11 But I am full of the wrath(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(D)

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A lion has roared;(A)
who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken;(B)
who will not prophesy?(C)

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The lion(A) has roared(B)
    who will not fear?
The Sovereign Lord has spoken—
    who can but prophesy?(C)

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16 For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am compelled to preach[a]—and woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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Footnotes

  1. 9:16 Lit because necessity is laid upon me

16 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach.(A) Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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