9 The land mourned; it wasted away;Lebanon was ashamed; it withered.Sharon became like the desert,and Bashan and Carmel were dropping their leaves.
10 Now I will arise, says the Lord.Now I will exalt myself; now I will stand tall.
11 You conceive straw, give birth to stubble;your breath is a fire that devours you.
12 Peoples will be burned to lime,thorns cut up and set ablaze.
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done;and you who are near, know my strength!
14 Sinners became terrified in Zion;trembling seized the godless:"Who among us can live with the devouring fire?Who among us can live with the everlasting blaze?"
15 The one who walks righteously and speaks truthfully,who rejects profit from extortion,who waves away a bribe instead of grabbing it,who won’t listen to bloody plots,and who won’t contemplate doing something evil.