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

¹⁹ By the wrath^(A) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched^(B)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;^(C)
    they will not spare one another.^(D)

¹⁴ I will punish you as your deeds^(A) deserve,
    declares the Lord.
I will kindle a fire^(B) in your forests^(C)
    that will consume everything around you.’”