<p class="poetry">Stop trusting in human beings,p> <p class="poetry">whose life&#8217;s breath is in their nostrils.p> <p class="poetry">For why should they be given special consideration?p>

But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

<p class="poetry">Even these men<n id="1" /> stagger because of wine,p> <p class="poetry">they stumble around because of beer &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">priests and prophets stagger because of beer,p> <p class="poetry">they are confused<n id="2" /> because of wine,p> <p class="poetry">they stumble around because of beer;p> <p class="poetry">they stagger while seeing prophetic visions,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they totter while making legal decisions.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Please let the Moabite fugitives live<n id="1" /> among you.p> <p class="poetry">Hide them<n id="2" /> from the destroyer!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">Certainly<n id="3" /> the one who applies pressure will cease,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the destroyer will come to an end,p> <p class="poetry">those who trample will disappear<n id="5" /> from the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,p> <p class="poetry">and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;p> <p class="poetry">no one treads out juice in the wine vats<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">that sends messengers by sea,p> <p class="poetry">who glide over the water&#8217;s surface in boats made of papyrus.p> <p class="poetry">Go, you swift messengers,p> <p class="poetry">to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to a people that are feared far and wide,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to a nation strong and victorious,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whose land rivers divide.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">At that timep> <p class="poetry">tribute will be brought to the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies,p> <p class="poetry">by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned,p> <p class="poetry">a people that are feared far and wide,p> <p class="poetry">a nation strong and victorious,p> <p class="poetry">whose land rivers divide.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The tribute<n id="2" /> will be brought to the place where the <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.<n id="3" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">The rain and snow fall from the skyp> <p class="poetry">and do not return,p> <p class="poetry">but instead water the earthp> <p class="poetry">and make it produce and yield crops,p> <p class="poetry">and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.p>