³ You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

¹⁰ All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.

²⁷ Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.

¹² Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.

¹⁷ For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

⁴ Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

¹² Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

¹⁸ Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.

¹² For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

¹⁰ For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

²² Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?

⁷ And you said, I will be a queen for ever: you did not give attention to these things, and did not keep in mind what would come after.

¹¹ Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

²⁰ What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?