15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(A)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(B) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(C) upon his sturdy warriors;(D)
under his pomp(E) a fire(F) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(G)
    their Holy One(H) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(I) and his briers.(J)
18 The splendor of his forests(K) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(L)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(M) will be so few(N)
    that a child could write them down.

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