15. Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it?Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?That is as if the rod wields itself against those who lift it up,or as if the staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood.
16. Therefore the Lord, God of Hosts,shall send leanness among his stout ones,and under his glory he shall kindle a burninglike the burning of a fire.
17. The light of Israel shall be a fire,and his Holy One a flame,and it shall burn and devourhis thorns and his briers in one day,
18. and shall consume the glory of his forest,and of his fruitful field, both soul and body;and it shall be as when a sick man faints.
19. The rest of the trees of his forest shall be so fewthat a child may write them down.