¹⁶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

¹⁴ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.

¹² These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but `they went out', that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

²² It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.

³⁸ But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,

²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.

⁴ For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

⁵ and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

⁶ and `then' fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

¹ And you `did he make alive,' when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

⁶ and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

²⁶ For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

¹⁸ For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

¹⁹ None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

⁵ But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel. Psalm 126 A Song of Ascents.