²⁸ His breath^(A) is like a rushing torrent,^(B)
    rising up to the neck.^(C)
He shakes the nations in the sieve^(D) of destruction;
    he places in the jaws of the peoples
    a bit^(E) that leads them astray.

⁹ “For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain^(A) is shaken in a sieve,^(B)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.^(C)