²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be ^(A)eaten by the sword.”
For ^(B)the mouth of Yahweh has spoken.

²⁴ Therefore, ^(A)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their ^(B)root will become ^(C)like rot and their blossom ^[a]blow away as dust;
For they have ^(D)rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts
And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.