And behold,it was completelyovergrownwith thistles;Its surfacewas coveredwith nettles,And its stonewallwas brokendown.
"Amongthe bushesthey cryout; Underthe nettlesthey are gatheredtogether.
Let briarsgrowinsteadof wheat,And stinkweedinsteadof barley."The wordsof Jobare ended.
The soulof the sluggardcravesand [gets] nothing,But the soulof the diligentis madefat.
The fearof the LORD[leads] to life,So that one may sleepsatisfied,untouchedby evil.
The sluggarddoes not plowafterthe autumn,So he begsduring the harvestand hasnothing.
The sluggardsays,"There is a lionoutside;I will be killedin the streets!"
For the heavydrinkerand the gluttonwill cometo poverty,And drowsinesswill clothe[one] with rags.
When I saw,I reflectedupon it; I looked,[and] receivedinstruction.
Through indolencethe rafterssag,and through slacknessthe houseleaks.
"So nowlet Me tellyou whatI am going to doto My vineyard:I will removeits hedgeand it will be consumed;I will breakdownits walland it will becometrampledground.
"I will layit waste;It will not be prunedor hoed,But briarsand thornswill comeup. I will also chargethe cloudsto rainnorainon it."
For thussaysthe LORDto the menof Judahand to Jerusalem,"Breakup your fallowground,And do not sowamongthorns.
"And the one on whom seed was sownamongthe thorns,thisis the man who hearsthe word,and the worryof the worldand the deceitfulnessof wealthchokethe word,and it becomesunfruitful.
"Othersfellamongthe thorns,and the thornscameup and chokedthem out.
but if it yieldsthornsand thistles,it is worthlessand closeto being cursed,and it endsup being burned.
