ESV Study Bible | English Standard Version

 2 c The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
d the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and e keeps wrath for his enemies.
 3 f The Lord is slow to anger and g great in power,
and h the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
i His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
 4 j He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he dries up all the rivers;
k Bashan and l Carmel wither;
the bloom of k Lebanon withers.
 5 m The mountains quake before him;
n the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
o the world and all who dwell in it.

 6 p Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath q is poured out like fire,
and r the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
 7 s The Lord is good,
t a stronghold in the day of trouble;
u he knows those who take refuge in him.
 8 But v with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries, [1]
and w will pursue his enemies into darkness.
 9 What x do you plot against the Lord?
y He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are z like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
a they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
b who plotted evil against the Lord,
a worthless counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
c they will be cut down and pass away.
d Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more.
13 And now e I will break his yoke from off you
and will burst your bonds apart.”

14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
f “No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from g the house of your gods I will cut off
the carved image and the metal image.
h I will make your grave, i for you are vile.”

15  [2] j Behold, upon the mountains, k the feet of him
who brings good news,
who publishes peace!
l Keep your feasts, O Judah;
m fulfill your vows,
n for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he is utterly cut off.