¹⁸ Swiftly they `pass away' upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

²⁰ Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²⁶ They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

¹⁶ Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

⁷ Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

²² Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.

¹⁸ Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

¹⁹ How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

²⁰ As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.

³³ The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

¹⁰ Pass through thy land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no restraint any more.

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.