9. The land dries up and withers away;the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays.Sharon is like the desert;Bashan and Carmel are parched.
10. “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.“Now I will exalt myself;now I will magnify myself.
11. You conceive straw,you give birth to chaff;your breath is a fire that destroys you.
12. The nations will be burned to ashes;like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.