Isaiah 5:24-26

New Catholic Bible

²⁴ As tongues of fire devour the stubble,
    and as dry grass shrivels in the flames,
so their root will decay
    and their blossoms will be scattered like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts
    and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore, the anger of the Lord
    blazed forth against his people;
he raised his hand against them
    and struck them down.
The mountains quaked,
    and their corpses lay like refuse in the streets.
But despite all this
    his anger has not been sated,
    and his hand is still stretched out.

²⁶ He will deliver a signal to a far-distant nation
    and summon them from the ends of the earth;
    they will respond swiftly without any delay.^[b]