10 “Now will I arise,(A)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(B)
    now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(C) chaff,
    you give birth(D) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(E) that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes;(F)
    like cut thornbushes(G) they will be set ablaze.(H)

13 You who are far away,(I) hear(J) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners(K) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling(L) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?(M)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 Those who walk righteously(N)
    and speak what is right,(O)
who reject gain from extortion(P)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,(Q)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes(R) against contemplating evil—
16 they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,(S)
    whose refuge(T) will be the mountain fortress.(U)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail(V) them.

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10 But the Lord says: “Now I will stand up.
    Now I will show my power and might.
11 You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
    Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
12 Your people will be burned up completely,
    like thornbushes cut down and tossed in a fire.
13 Listen to what I have done, you nations far away!
    And you that are near, acknowledge my might!”

14 The sinners in Jerusalem shake with fear.
    Terror seizes the godless.
“Who can live with this devouring fire?” they cry.
    “Who can survive this all-consuming fire?”
15 Those who are honest and fair,
    who refuse to profit by fraud,
    who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
    who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
16 these are the ones who will dwell on high.
    The rocks of the mountains will be their fortress.
Food will be supplied to them,
    and they will have water in abundance.

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