¹² For a fire it `is', to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

²⁷ Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

³⁰ He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

²⁸ Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

⁶ Naked `is' Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

³³ The curse of Jehovah `is' in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.

⁷ For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.

⁸ Fed horses -- they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.

⁹ For these do I not lay a charge? An affirmation of Jehovah, And on a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

⁵ And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁴ honourable `is' the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.