⁴ Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
^(A)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

²⁵ Therefore ^(A)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
    and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
    and ^(B)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were ^(C)as refuse
    in the midst of the streets.
^(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

^12 (A)The Syrians on the east and ^(B)the Philistines on the west
    devour Israel with open mouth.
^(C)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

^12 (A)Even if they bring up children,
    I will bereave them till none is left.
^(B)Woe to them
    when ^(C)I depart from them!

¹⁶ For ^(A)by fire ^(B)will the Lord enter into judgment,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.

³ Their slain shall be cast out,
    and ^(A)the stench of their corpses shall rise;
    ^(B)the mountains shall flow with their blood.

^22 (A)They will be gathered together
    as prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
    and after many days ^(B)they will be punished.

² you who are full of shoutings,
    tumultuous city, ^(A)exultant town?
Your slain are ^(B)not slain with the sword
    or dead in battle.