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22 My anger will burn like a fire,
    burning down to the deepest grave,
burning the earth and all it produces,
    burning deep down below the mountains.

23 “‘I will bring troubles to the Israelites.
    I will shoot all my arrows at them.
24 They will become thin from hunger.
    Terrible diseases will destroy them.
I will send wild animals against them.
    Poisonous snakes and lizards will bite them.

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22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(A)
    one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(B)
It will devour(C) the earth and its harvests(D)
    and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(E)

23 “I will heap calamities(F) on them
    and spend my arrows(G) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(H) against them,
    consuming pestilence(I) and deadly plague;(J)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(K)
    the venom of vipers(L) that glide in the dust.(M)

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