They offer burnt offerings {\cf2\super [172]} and burn incense {\cf2\super [173]} of spices to the Lord every morning and every evening. They put the bread in rows on the special table in the temple. {\cf2\super [174]} And they take care of the lamps on the golden lampstand so it shines bright each and every evening. We very carefully serve the Lord our God. But you people have abandoned him!
\{Remember your Creator\par while you are young,\}\par before the silver rope snaps\par and the golden bowl is crushed,\par \{before your life becomes useless\}\par like a jar broken at the well,\par \{before your life becomes wasted\}\par like a stone cover on a well\par that breaks and falls in.\par