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^2 (c)The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
    the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
^(d)the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
    and ^(e)keeps wrath for his enemies.
^3 (f)The Lord is slow to anger and ^(g)great in power,
    and ^(h)the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
⁽ⁱ⁾His way is in whirlwind and storm,
    and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
^4 (j)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
    he dries up all the rivers;
^(k)Bashan and ^(l)Carmel wither;
    the bloom of ^(m)Lebanon withers.
^5 (n)The mountains quake before him;
    ^(o)the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
    ^(p)the world and all who dwell in it.

^6 (q)Who can stand before his indignation?
    Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath ^(r)is poured out like fire,
    and ^(s)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
^7 (t)The Lord is good,
    ^(u)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
^(v)he knows those who take refuge in him.
⁸     But ^(w)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,^[a]
    and ^(x)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
⁹ What ^(y)do you plot against the Lord?
    ^(z)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
¹⁰ For they are ^(aa)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    ^(ab)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
¹¹ From you came one
    ^(ac)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

¹² Thus says the Lord,
"Though they are at full strength and many,
    ^(ad)they will be cut down and pass away.
^(ae)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.
¹³ And now ^(af)I will break his yoke from off you
    and will burst your bonds apart."

¹⁴ The Lord has given commandment about you:
    ^(ag)"No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from ^(ah)the house of your gods I will cut off
    the carved image and the metal image.
^(ai)I will make your grave, ^(aj)for you are vile."

^{15 [b] (ak)}Behold, upon the mountains, ^(al)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
^(am)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    ^(an)fulfill your vows,
^(ao)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.