⁸ Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,^(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.^(B)

⁸ As I have observed,^(A) those who plow evil^(B)
    and those who sow trouble reap it.^(C)

¹³ But you have planted wickedness,
    you have reaped evil,^(A)
    you have eaten the fruit of deception.^(B)
Because you have depended on your own strength
    and on your many warriors,^(C)

³¹ The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(A)
    with his rod he will strike^(B) them down.

³ A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,^(A)
    but the lips of the wise protect them.^(B)

³ The scepter^(A) of the wicked will not remain^(B)
    over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
    their hands to do evil.^(C)

⁷ “They sow the wind
    and reap the whirlwind.^(A)
The stalk has no head;
    it will produce no flour.^(B)
Were it to yield grain,
    foreigners would swallow it up.^(C)

²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(A)
    that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(B)
    its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(C)