¹⁷ Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(A)
    nor will he pity^(B) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(C) and wicked,^(D)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(E)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(F)

¹⁸ Surely wickedness burns like a fire;^(G)
    it consumes briers and thorns,^(H)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,^(I)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.

²⁷ See, the Name^(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger^(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,^(C)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.^(D)
28 His breath^(E) is like a rushing torrent,^(F)
    rising up to the neck.^(G)
He shakes the nations in the sieve^(H) of destruction;
    he places in the jaws of the peoples
    a bit^(I) that leads them astray.
²⁹ And you will sing
    as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;^(J)
your hearts will rejoice^(K)
    as when people playing pipes^(L) go up
to the mountain^(M) of the Lord,
    to the Rock^(N) of Israel.
³⁰ The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice^(O)
    and will make them see his arm^(P) coming down
with raging anger^(Q) and consuming fire,^(R)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm^(S) and hail.^(T)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(U)
    with his rod he will strike^(V) them down.
³² Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club^(W)
will be to the music of timbrels^(X) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.^(Y)
33 Topheth^(Z) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath^(AA) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,^(AB)
    sets it ablaze.^(AC)

⁹ Their stronghold^(A) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(B) their commanders will panic,^(C)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(D) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(E) is in Jerusalem.

¹⁴ The sinners^(A) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(B) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(C)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”