³ Those who put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;

¹⁰ All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'

²⁷ Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.

¹² Come you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.

¹⁷ For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,

⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

³ For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.

⁴⁸ But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

¹² Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, And the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

¹⁸ "Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, And not light.

¹² For I know how many your offenses, And how great are your sins-- You who afflict the just, Who take a bribe, And who turn aside the needy in the courts.

¹⁰ "Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."

²² Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?

⁷ You said, I shall be mistress forever; so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it.

¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?