The memoryof the righteousis blessed,But the nameof the wickedwill rot.
For he will neverbe shaken;The righteouswill be rememberedforever.
"For He has had regardfor the humble stateof His bondslave;For behold,from this timeon allgenerationswill count me blessed.
"TrulyI sayto you, whereverthe gospelis preachedin the wholeworld,whatthis womanhas donewill alsobe spokenof in memoryof her."
Let his posteritybe cutoff;In a followinggenerationlet their namebe blottedout.
They buriedhim in the cityof Davidamongthe kings,becausehe had donewellin Israeland to Godand His house.
Let them be beforethe LORDcontinually,That He may cutofftheir memoryfrom the earth;
"Memoryof him perishesfrom the earth,And he has nonameabroad.
For I will defendthiscityto saveit for My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake.'"
But to his sonI will giveonetribe,that My servantDavidmay havea lampalwaysbeforeMe in Jerusalem,the citywhereI have chosenfor Myself to putMy name.
Sothen, I have seenthe wickedburied,those who used to goin and out from the holyplace,and they are [soon] forgottenin the citywherethey didthus.Thistoois futility.
"[Men] will claptheir handsat him And will hisshim from his place.
O LORD,the hopeof Israel,Allwho forsakeYou will be putto shame.Those who turnawayon earthwill be writtendown,Becausethey have forsakenthe fountainof livingwater,even the LORD.
So Hezekiahsleptwith his fathers,and they buriedhim in the uppersectionof the tombsof the sonsof David;and allJudahand the inhabitantsof Jerusalemhonoredhim at his death.And his sonManassehbecamekingin his place.
"A motherwill forgethim; The wormfeedssweetlytill he is nolongerremembered.And wickednesswill be brokenlike a tree.
The faceof the LORDis against evildoers,To cutoffthe memoryof them from the earth.
A [good] nameis to be moredesiredthangreatwealth,Favoris betterthansilverand gold.
"I will riseup againstthem," declaresthe LORDof hosts,"and will cutofffrom Babylonnameand survivors,offspringand posterity,"declaresthe LORD.
[The righteous] cry,and the LORDhearsAnd deliversthem out of alltheir troubles.
My enemiesspeakevilagainst me, "Whenwill he die,and his nameperish?"
