²¹ The east wind^(A) carries him off, and he is gone;^(B)
    it sweeps him out of his place.^(C)

⁶ On the wicked he will rain
    fiery coals and burning sulfur;^(A)
    a scorching wind^(B) will be their lot.

¹⁵ so pursue them with your tempest^(A)
    and terrify them with your storm.^(B)

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns^(A)—
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.^[a](B)

¹⁸ How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff^(A) swept away^(B) by a gale?^(C)

¹⁰ He will never come to his house again;
    his place^(A) will know him no more.^(B)

⁷ The Lord is good,^(R)
    a refuge in times of trouble.^(S)
He cares for^(T) those who trust in him,^(U)
8     but with an overwhelming flood^(V)
he will make an end of Nineveh;
    he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

¹⁵     even though he thrives^(A) among his brothers.
An east wind^(B) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.^(C)
His storehouse will be plundered^(D)
    of all its treasures.