¹³ They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
    they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.^(A)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”^(B)

¹³ Has not the Lord Almighty determined
    that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,^(A)
    that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?^(B)

³⁷ The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸ Like a lion^(A) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(B)
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor^(C)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(D)

²⁶ I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;^(A)
    all its towns lay in ruins^(B)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.^(C)