³ Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
^(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

⁴ “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.

^2 (A)As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
^(B)As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

¹³ The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters;
But God will ^(A)rebuke them and they will flee far away,
And ^(B)be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind,
Like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

¹⁵ “Behold, ^(A)I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff.
¹⁶ You shall ^(B)winnow them, the wind shall carry them away,
And the whirlwind shall scatter them;
You shall rejoice in the Lord,
And ^(C)glory in the Holy One of Israel.

¹² Who said, “Let us take for ourselves
The pastures of God for a possession.”