⁴ But not so are the wicked,^[a] not so!
    They are like chaff driven by the wind.^(A)

⁵ Make them like chaff before the wind,^(A)
    with the angel of the Lord driving them on.

¹⁰ Suddenly, like brambles or thistles,
    have the whirlwind snatch them away.^(A)

²⁴ Therefore, as the tongue of fire licks up stubble,
    as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
Their root shall rot
    and their blossom scatter like dust;
For they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of hosts,
    and scorned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷ The Light of Israel will become a fire,
    the Holy One, a flame,
That burns and consumes its briers
    and its thorns in a single day.^(A)

^13 [a]But God shall rebuke them,
    and they shall flee far away,
Driven like chaff on the mountains before a wind,
    like tumbleweed before a storm.^(A)

⁵ The horde of your arrogant shall be like fine dust,
    a horde of tyrants like flying chaff.^(A)
Then suddenly, in an instant,