^6 (A)But the vile men, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns,
Because they cannot be taken in hand;
⁷ But the man who touches them
Must be ^[a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And ^(B)they will be completely burned with fire where they sit.”

⁴ The best of them is like a ^(A)briar,
The most upright like a ^(B)thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your ^(C)punishment will come.
^[a]At that time their ^(D)panic will happen.