I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. Torrents of rain and hail, together with fire and sulfur, will pour down on him and his army and on the many nations that are on his side.

the east wind will sweep them from their homes;

He sends down flaming coals and burning sulfur on the wicked; he punishes them with scorching winds.

Then the LORD thundered from the sky; and the voice of the Most High was heard.

He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

So all your loyal people should pray to you in times of need; when a great flood of trouble comes rushing in, it will not reach them.

The poor and the helpless have fled to you and have been safe in times of trouble. You give them shelter from storms and shade from the burning heat. Cruel enemies attack like a winter storm,

The Lord has someone strong and powerful ready to attack them, someone who will come like a hailstorm, like a torrent of rain, like a rushing, overpowering flood, and will overwhelm the land.

You boast that you have made a treaty with death and reached an agreement with the world of the dead. You are certain that disaster will spare you when it comes, because you depend on lies and deceit to keep you safe.

Justice will be the measuring line for the foundation, and honesty will be its plumb line." Hailstorms will sweep away all the lies you depend on, and floods will destroy your security.

the LORD Almighty will rescue you with violent thunderstorms and earthquakes. He will send windstorms and raging fire;

(But hail will fall on the forests, and the city will be torn down.)

The LORD does not easily become angry, but he is powerful and never lets the guilty go unpunished. Where the LORD walks, storms arise; the clouds are the dust raised by his feet!

The LORD is good; he protects his people in times of trouble; he takes care of those who turn to him.

Like a great rushing flood he completely destroys his enemies; he sends to their death those who oppose him.

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.

The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!"

He is like a man who, in building his house, dug deep and laid the foundation on rock. The river flooded over and hit that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

But anyone who hears my words and does not obey them is like a man who built his house without laying a foundation; when the flood hit that house it fell at once---and what a terrible crash that was!"