6 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,And the strength of salvation;The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The highways lie waste,The traveling man ceases.He has broken the covenant,He has despised the cities,He regards no man.
9 The earth mourns and languishes,Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;Sharon is like a wilderness,And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
10 “Now I will rise,” says the Lord;“Now I will be exalted,Now I will lift Myself up.
11 You shall conceive chaff,You shall bring forth stubble;Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.