You have plowedwickedness,you have reapedinjustice,You have eatenthe fruitof lies.Becauseyou have trustedin your way,in your numerouswarriors,
"According to whatI have seen,those who plowiniquityAnd those who sowtroubleharvestit.
For they sowthe windAnd they reapthe whirlwind.The standinggrainhasnoheads;It yieldsnograin.Shouldit yield,strangerswould swallowit up.
He who sowsiniquitywill reapvanity,And the rodof his furywill perish.
"So they shall eatof the fruitof their own wayAnd be satiatedwith their own devices.
The kingis not savedby a mightyarmy;A warrioris not deliveredby greatstrength.
EphraimsurroundsMe with liesAnd the houseof Israelwith deceit;Judahis alsounrulyagainstGod,Even againstthe HolyOnewho is faithful.
Do not trustin oppressionAnd do not vainlyhopein robbery;Ifrichesincrease,do not set[your] heart[upon them].
"Behold,the manwho would not makeGodhis refuge,But trustedin the abundanceof his riches[And] was strongin his [evil] desire."
With their wickednessthey makethe kingglad,And the princeswith their lies.
I againsawunderthe sunthat the raceis not to the swiftand the battleis not to the warriors,and neitheris breadto the wisenorwealthto the discerningnorfavorto men of ability;for timeand chanceovertakethem all.
A false witnesswill not gounpunished,And he who tellslieswill not escape.
Truthfullipswill be establishedforever,But a lyingtongueis onlyfor a moment.
From the fruitof a man'smouthhe enjoysgood,But the desireof the treacherousis violence.
In the daythat you plant[it] you carefullyfence[it] in, And in the morningyou bringyour seedto blossom;[But] the harvestwill [be] a heapIn a dayof sicklinessand incurablepain.
[There is] swearing,deception,murder,stealingand adultery.They employviolence,so that bloodshedfollowsbloodshed.
They feedon the sinof My peopleAnd directtheir desiretowardtheir iniquity.
"Afterwhomhas the kingof Israelcomeout? Whomare you pursuing?A deaddog,a singleflea?
