9. The land mourns and withers; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.Sharon is like a desert;Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10. “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.“Now I will lift Myself up.Now I will be exalted.
11. You will conceive chaff; you will give birth to stubble.Your breath is fire that will consume you.
12. The peoples will be burned to ashes,like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
13. You who are far off, hear what I have done;you who are near, know My strength.”
14. The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling seizes the ungodly:“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames? ”
15. The one who lives righteouslyand speaks rightly, who refuses gain from extortion,whose hand never takes a bribe,who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil —
16. he will dwell on the heights;his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,his food provided, his water assured.
17. Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; you will see a vast land.
18. Your mind will meditate on the past terror:“Where is the accountant? Where is the tribute collector? Where is the one who spied out our defenses? ”