²⁴ Therefore, as tongues of fire^(A) lick up straw^(B)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(C)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(D)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(E) of the Holy One^(F) of Israel.

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
¹⁹ By the wrath^(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(F)
    they will not spare one another.^(G)

¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(A)
    their Holy One^(B) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(C) and his briers.^(D)

⁶ Therefore a curse^(A) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(B)
    and very few are left.

¹¹ Lord, your hand is lifted high,^(A)
    but they do not see^(B) it.
Let them see your zeal^(C) for your people and be put to shame;^(D)
    let the fire^(E) reserved for your enemies consume them.

²⁷ See, the Name^(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger^(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,^(C)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.^(D)

³³ Topheth^(A) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath^(B) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,^(C)
    sets it ablaze.^(D)

¹⁴ The sinners^(A) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(B) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(C)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”