¹⁸ Are they like straw before the wind,
like chaff^(A) a storm sweeps away?

⁵ Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.^(A)

³ Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,^(A)
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing-floor,^(B)
or like smoke from a window.^(C)