Daily Bread

²⁷ See, the Name^(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
    with burning anger^(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,^(C)
    and his tongue is a consuming fire.^(D)
28 His breath^(E) is like a rushing torrent,^(F)
    rising up to the neck.^(G)
He shakes the nations in the sieve^(H) of destruction;
    he places in the jaws of the peoples
    a bit^(I) that leads them astray.
²⁹ And you will sing
    as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;^(J)
your hearts will rejoice^(K)
    as when people playing pipes^(L) go up
to the mountain^(M) of the Lord,
    to the Rock^(N) of Israel.
³⁰ The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice^(O)
    and will make them see his arm^(P) coming down
with raging anger^(Q) and consuming fire,^(R)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm^(S) and hail.^(T)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;^(U)
    with his rod he will strike^(V) them down.
³² Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club^(W)
will be to the music of timbrels^(X) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.^(Y)
33 Topheth^(Z) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath^(AA) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,^(AB)
    sets it ablaze.^(AC)

“As a lion^(AT) growls,
    a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds^(AU)
    is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
    or disturbed by their clamor^(AV)—
so the Lord Almighty will come down^(AW)
    to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
⁵ Like birds hovering^(AX) overhead,
    the Lord Almighty will shield^(AY) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver^(AZ) it,
    he will ‘pass over’^(BA) it and will rescue it.”

⁸ “Assyria^(BG) will fall by no human sword;
    a sword, not of mortals, will devour^(BH) them.
They will flee before the sword
    and their young men will be put to forced labor.^(BI)
9 Their stronghold^(BJ) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard^(BK) their commanders will panic,^(BL)”
declares the Lord,
    whose fire^(BM) is in Zion,
    whose furnace^(BN) is in Jerusalem.