² Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^(A)courageous agent;
As a storm of ^(B)hail, a tempest of destruction,
Like a storm of ^(C)mighty overflowing waters,
He has set it down to the earth with His hand.

¹⁷ I will make ^(A)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then ^(B)hail will sweep away the refuge of falsehood,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
¹⁸ Your ^(C)covenant with death will be ^[a](D)canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the ^(E)overflowing scourge passes through,
Then you will become its ^(F)trampling place.
¹⁹ As ^(G)often as it passes through, it will take you;
For ^(H)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night,
And it will be ^[b]sheer ^(I)terror to understand the report.”
²⁰ The bed is too short on which to stretch out,
And the ^(J)blanket is too narrow to wrap oneself in.
²¹ For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount ^(K)Perazim;
He will be stirred up as in the valley of ^(L)Gibeon,
To work His ^(M)work, His ^[c](N)unusual work,
And to labor in His labor, His ^[d]exceptional labor.
²² So now do not carry on as ^(O)scoffers,
Lest your fetters be made stronger;
For I have heard from Lord Yahweh of hosts
Of complete ^(P)destruction, one that is decreed, on all the earth.