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 Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.^(A)
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,^(B)
says the Lord.

¹² Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”^(A)
says the Lord.

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

⁶⁸ Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel,^(A)
because he has visited
and provided redemption for his people.^(B)