10-12 “Now I’m stepping in,” God says.
    “From now on, I’m taking over.
    The gloves come off. Now see how mighty I am.
There’s nothing to you.
    Pregnant with chaff, you produce straw babies;
    full of hot air, you self-destruct.
You’re good for nothing but fertilizer and fuel.
    Earth to earth—and the sooner the better.

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10 “Now will I arise,(A)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(B)
    now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(C) chaff,
    you give birth(D) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(E) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(F)
    like cut thornbushes(G) they will be set ablaze.(H)

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Impending Judgment on Zion

10 “Now(A) I will rise,” says the Lord;
“Now I will be exalted,
Now I will lift Myself up.
11 (B)You shall conceive chaff,
You shall bring forth stubble;
Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
(C)Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.

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