"Will your richeskeepyou from distress,Or allthe forcesof [your] strength?
"In a momentthey die,and at midnightPeopleare shakenand passaway,And the mightyare takenawaywithouta hand.
"[Beware] that wrathdoes not enticeyou to scoffing;And do not let the greatnessof the ransomturnyou aside.
"Do not longfor the night,When peoplevanishin their place.
"Godwill not turnbackHis anger;BeneathHim crouchthe helpersof Rahab.
Nomancan by anymeansredeem[his] brotherOrgiveto Goda ransomfor him--
Ill-gottengainsdo not profit,But righteousnessdeliversfrom death.
Assuredly,the evilmanwill not gounpunished,But the descendantsof the righteouswill be delivered.
Richesdo not profitin the dayof wrath,But righteousnessdeliversfrom death.
In that daymenwill castawayto the molesand the batsTheir idolsof silverand their idolsof gold,Whichthey madefor themselves to worship,
Then the angelof the LORDwentout and struck185000in the campof the Assyrians;and when men aroseearlyin the morning,behold,allof these were dead.
Neithertheir silvernortheir goldWill be ableto deliverthem On the dayof the LORD'Swrath;And allthe earthwill be devouredIn the fireof His jealousy,For He will makea completeend,Indeeda terrifyingone, Of allthe inhabitantsof the earth.
Your goldand your silverhave rusted;and their rustwill be a witnessagainst you and will consumeyour fleshlikefire.It is in the lastdaysthat you have stored up your treasure!
