8 The roads have become desolate. Travelers have ceased along the paths. The covenant has been nullified. He has tossed aside cities. He has disregarded men.
9 The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.
10 "Now, I will rise up!" says the Lord. "Now I will be exalted! Now I will lift myself up!"
11 You will conceive heat. You will give birth to stubble. Your own spirit will devour you like fire.
12 And the people will be like the ashes from a fire. They will be consumed by fire like a bundle of thorns.
13 "You who are far away, listen to what I have done! And you who are near, acknowledge my strength!"
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has taken hold of the hypocrites. Who among you is able to live with a devouring fire? Who among you will live with an everlasting flame?