47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, ^aI will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour ^bevery green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces ^cfrom the south to the north shall be scorched by it.  ‡

48 All flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”