³ What will you do on the day of punishment
when devastation comes from far away?
Who will you run to for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?

¹⁵ They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.^(A)

⁴ The best of them is like a briar;^(A)
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.^(B)
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;^(C)
at this time their panic is here.^(D)