13 Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14 In Zion sinners are in dread,trembling grips the impious:“Who of us can live with consuming fire?who of us can live with everlasting flames?”
15 Whoever walks righteously and speaks honestly,who spurns what is gained by oppression,Who waves off contact with a bribe,who stops his ears so as not to hear of bloodshed,who closes his eyes so as not to look on evil—
16 That one shall dwell on the heights,with fortresses of rock for stronghold,food and drink in steady supply.
17 Your eyes will see a king in his splendor,they will look upon a vast land.
18 Your mind will dwell on the terror:“Where is the one who counted, where the one who weighed?Where the one who counted the towers?”
19 You shall no longer see a defiant people,a people of speech too obscure to comprehend,stammering in a tongue not understood.