^6 (A)But the worthless, every one of them, are like scattered thorns,
Because they cannot be taken in hand;
⁷ Instead, the man who touches them
Must be ^[a]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And ^(B)they will be completely burned with fire in their ^[b]place.”

⁴ The best of them is like a ^(A)thorn bush,
The most upright like a ^(B)thorn hedge.
The day ^[a]when you post your watchmen,
Your ^(C)punishment is coming.
Then their ^(D)confusion will occur.