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18 Does God blow them away, as the wind blows straw
    or as strong winds blow the grain husks?
19 But you say, ‘God is saving their punishment for their children.’
    No! Let God punish the evil people themselves so that they will know what they have done!
20 Let them see their own punishment.
    Let them feel the anger of God All-Powerful.

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18 How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff(A) swept away(B) by a gale?(C)
19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’(D)
    Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!(E)
20 Let their own eyes see their destruction;(F)
    let them drink(G) the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.(H)

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