¹⁹ He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

² and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.

²⁴ They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

³⁷ "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

¹² His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

¹⁹ How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.

²⁰ As a dream when one wakes up, So, Lord, when you awake, you will despise their fantasies.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, He will sweep away the green and the burning alike.

²³ For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

³⁰ That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

²³ One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.

²⁴ His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

²⁵ Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.

²⁶ They lie down alike in the dust, The worm covers them.

⁷ Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

⁸ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

⁹ The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.

¹² So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

¹³ "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

¹⁴ If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Until my release should come.

¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

¹⁰ But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

²² Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."

⁸ The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.