And you groanat your finalend,When your fleshand your bodyare consumed;
Nonewho goto her returnagain, Nordo they reachthe pathsof life.
And strangerswill be filledwith your strengthAnd your hard-earnedgoods[will go] to the houseof an alien;
And you say,"HowI have hatedinstruction!And my heartspurnedreproof!
Untilan arrowpiercesthroughhis liver;As a birdhastensto the snare,So he does not knowthat it [will cost him] his life.
The prophetsprophesyfalsely,And the priestsruleon their [own] authority;And My peopleloveit so!But whatwill you doat the endof it?
When he has made her drinkthe water,then it shall comeabout, ifshe has defiledherself and has beenunfaithfulto her husband,that the waterwhich bringsa cursewill gointo her and [cause] bitterness,and her abdomenwill swelland her thighwill wasteaway,and the womanwill becomea curseamongher people.
Thereforewhatbenefitwere you thenderivingfrom the things of whichyou are nowashamed?For the outcomeof those thingsis death.
"Wouldthat they were wise,that they understoodthis,That they would discerntheir future!
Marriage[is to be held] in honoramongall,and the [marriage] bed[is to be] undefiled;for fornicatorsand adulterersGodwill judge.
"But for the cowardlyand unbelievingand abominableand murderersand immoral personsand sorcerersand idolatersand allliars,their part[will be] in the lakethat burnswith fireand brimstone,whichis the seconddeath."
Outsideare the dogsand the sorcerersand the immoral personsand the murderersand the idolaters,and everyonewho lovesand practiceslying.
