²⁸ His breath is like an overflowing torrent^(A)
that rises to the neck.^(B)
He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction
and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples
to lead them astray.^(C)

I will make peace flow to her like a river,^(A)
and the wealth^[a] of nations like a flood;^(B)
you will nurse and be carried on her hip^(C)
and bounced on her lap.