³⁰ He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

⁹ By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

²⁶ All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

²² He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

⁴¹ Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

⁴³ And if your hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off; it is better for you to go into life with one hand than to have two hands and go into hell, into the eternal fire.

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⁴⁵ And if your foot is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off: it is better for you to go into life with one foot than to have two feet and go into hell.

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⁴⁷ And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,

⁴⁸ Where their worm is ever living and the fire is not put out.

⁴⁹ Everyone will be salted with fire.

⁸ To give punishment to those who have no knowledge of God, and to those who do not give ear to the good news of our Lord Jesus:

⁹ Whose reward will be eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his strength,

¹⁷ These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.

¹³ Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

¹⁵ And out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, with which he overcomes the nations: and he has rule over them with a rod of iron: and he is crushing with his feet the grapes of the strong wrath of God the Ruler of all.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

¹² But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.

²¹ Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

²² A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

⁵ For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

⁶ The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

¹⁸ He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

²⁰ Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

⁴ But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

³³ For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.

⁴ See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?

⁵ Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?

⁶ For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.

⁷ And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.

⁴⁷ And say to the woodland of the South, Give ear to the words of the Lord: this is what the Lord has said: See, I will have a fire lighted in you, for the destruction of every green tree in you and every dry tree: the flaming flame will not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.

⁴⁸ And all flesh will see that I the Lord have had it lighted: it will not be put out.

¹⁴ In the daytime it becomes dark for them, and in the sunlight they go feeling about as if it was night.