6. And there shall be stability in your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the reverent fear and worship of the Lord is your treasure and His.
7. Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities and the witnesses, he regards no man.
9. The land mourns and languishes, Lebanon is confounded and [its luxuriant verdure] withers away; Sharon [a fertile pasture region south of Mount Carmel] is like a desert, and Bashan [a broad, fertile plateau east of the Jordan River] and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.
10. Now will I arise, says the Lord. Now will I lift up Myself; now will I be exalted.
11. You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12. And the people will be burned as if to lime, like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.
13. Hear, you who are far off [says the Lord], what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge My might!
14. The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings?
15. He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises gain from fraud and from oppression, who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil.