<t /><p class="poetry">Look, the <sc>Lordsc> is ready to devastate the earthp> <p class="poetry">and leave it in ruins;p> <p class="poetry">he will mar its surfacep> <p class="poetry">and scatter its inhabitants.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Israel was a fertile vinep> <p class="poetry">that yielded fruit.p> <p class="poetry">As his fruit multiplied,p> <p class="poetry">he multiplied altars to Baal.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">As his land prospered,p> <p class="poetry">they adorned the fertility pillars.p>