9 The land is sick and dying;Lebanon is ashamed and dying.The Plain of Sharon is dry like the desert,and the trees of Bashan and Carmel are dying.
10 The Lord says, “Now, I will stand upand show my greatness.Now, I will become important to the people.
11 You people do useless thingsthat are like hay and straw.A destructive wind will burn you like fire.
12 People will be burned until their bones become like lime;they will burn quickly like dry thornbushes.”
13 You people in faraway lands, hear what I have done.You people who are near me, learn about my power.
14 The sinners in Jerusalem are afraid;those who are separated from God shake with fear.They say, “Can any of us live through this fire that destroys?Who can live near this fire that burns on and on?”
15 A person who does what is rightand speaks what is right,who refuses to take money unfairly,who refuses to take money to hurt others,who does not listen to plans of murder,who refuses to think about evil—