1. Doom to the destroyer left undestroyed,you traitor whom none have betrayed:when you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed;and when you have stopped betraying, they will betray you.
2. Lord, show us favor;we hope in you.Be our strength every morning,our salvation in times of distress.
3. At the noise, peoples fled;on account of your roar, nations scattered.
4. They gathered spoil like insects;they rushed upon it like a swarm of locusts.
5. The Lord is exalted; he lives on high,filling Zion with justice and righteousness.
6. He will provide security during a lifetime:a source of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge—fear of the Lord will be Zion’s treasure.
7. But then those in Ariel cried out in the streets;messengers of peace wept bitterly.
8. The highways were deserted;travelers left the road.The covenant was broken;solemn pledges were rejected;no one cared for humanity.
9. The land mourned; it wasted away;Lebanon was ashamed; it withered.Sharon became like the desert,and Bashan and Carmel were dropping their leaves.
10. Now I will arise, says the Lord.Now I will exalt myself; now I will stand tall.
11. You conceive straw, give birth to stubble;your breath is a fire that devours you.
12. Peoples will be burned to lime,thorns cut up and set ablaze.
13. You who are far away, hear what I have done;and you who are near, know my strength!