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.

²³ Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?^(A)
    Against whom have you raised your voice^(B)
and lifted your eyes in pride?^(C)
    Against the Holy One^(D) of Israel!

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.