²¹ Its breath would kindle coals,
    for flames shoot from its mouth.

⁸ Smoke poured from his nostrils;
    fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
    Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

⁵ Pestilence marches before him;
    plague follows close behind.

³³ Topheth—the place of burning—
    has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
    the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano,
    will set it ablaze.

¹² Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him
    and rained down hail and burning coals.^[a]