<p class="poetry">Smoke ascended from<n id="1" /> his nose;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">fire devoured as it came from his mouth;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he hurled down fiery coals.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> thundered<n id="1" /> in<n id="2" /> the sky;p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign One<n id="3" /> shouted.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">my anxiety intensified.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As I thought about it, I became impatient.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Finally I spoke these words:<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our God approaches and is not silent;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">consuming fire goes ahead of himp> <p class="poetry">and all around him a storm rages.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As wax melts before fire,p> <p class="poetry">so the wicked are destroyed before God.p>

<p class="poetry">When<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> heard this, he was furious.p> <p class="poetry">A fire broke out against Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">and his anger flared up<n id="2" /> against Israel,p>

<p class="poetry">How long will this go on, O <sc>Lordsc>?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will you stay angry forever?p> <p class="poetry">How long will your rage<n id="2" /> burn like fire?p>

<p class="poetry">How long, O <sc>Lordsc>, will this last?p> <p class="poetry">Will you remain hidden forever?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Will your anger continue to burn like fire?p>

<p class="poetry">They surrounded me like bees.p> <p class="poetry">But they disappeared as quickly<n id="1" /> as a fire among thorns.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Indeed, in the name of the <sc>Lordsc> I pushed them away.p>

<p class="poetry">May he rain down<n id="1" /> fiery coals upon them!p> <p class="poetry">May he throw them into the fire!p> <p class="poetry">From bottomless pits they will not escape.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,p> <p class="poetry">so is a contentious person<n id="1" /> to kindle strife.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">the grave,<n id="1" /> the barren womb,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">land that is not satisfied with water,p> <p class="poetry">and fire that never says, &#8220;Enough!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The light of Israel<n id="1" /> will become a fire,p> <p class="poetry">their Holy One<n id="2" /> will become a flame;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn and consume the Assyrian king&#8217;s<n id="3" /> briersp> <p class="poetry">and his thorns in one day.p>

<p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> judges all humanity<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with fire and his sword;p> <p class="poetry">the <sc>Lordsc> will kill many.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will make you serve your enemies<n id="1" /> in a land that you know nothing about.p> <p class="poetry">For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;I will set fire to your palace;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn up everything around it.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">I will send men against it to destroy it<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">with their axes and hatchets.p> <p class="poetry">They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columnsp> <p class="poetry">and throw them into the fire.p>

My message is like a fire that purges dross!<n id="1" /> It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces!<n id="2" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, so affirm it!<n id="3" />

Then the Babylonian forces<n id="1" /> will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.

<p class="poetry">You will stumble and fall, you proud city;p> <p class="poetry">no one will help you get up.p> <p class="poetry">I will set fire to your towns;p> <p class="poetry">it will burn up everything that surrounds you.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>