²⁴ Therefore, ^(A)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their ^(B)root will become ^(C)like rot and their blossom ^[a]blow away as dust;
For they have ^(D)rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts
And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.

¹⁰ Like tangled ^(A)thorns,
And like those who are ^(B)drunken with their drink,
They are ^(C)consumed
As stubble fully dried up.