The wickedwill returnto Sheol,[Even] allthe nationswhoforgetGod.
"He capturesthe wiseby their own shrewdness,And the adviceof the cunningis quicklythwarted.
"Soare the pathsof allwhoforgetGod;And the hopeof the godlesswill perish,
They quicklyforgotHis works;They did not waitfor His counsel,
Allthishas comeupon us, but we have not forgottenYou, And we have not dealtfalselywith Your covenant.
Ifwe had forgottenthe nameof our GodOr extendedour handsto a strangegod,
As sheepthey are appointedfor Sheol;Deathshall be their shepherd;And the uprightshall ruleover them in the morning,And their formshall be for Sheolto consumeSothat they have nohabitation.
"Nowconsiderthis,you who forgetGod,OrI will tear[you] in pieces, and therewill be noneto deliver.
The wickedis thrustdownby his wrongdoing,But the righteoushasa refugewhen he dies.
His own iniquitieswill capturethe wicked,And he will be heldwith the cordsof his sin.
Woeto the wicked![It will go] badly[with him], For whathe deserveswill be doneto him.
ThereforeSheolhas enlargedits throatand openedits mouthwithoutmeasure;And Jerusalem's splendor,her multitude,her din[of revelry] and the jubilantwithin her, descend[into it].
"Thisis your lot,the portionmeasuredto you From Me," declaresthe LORD,"Becauseyou have forgottenMe And trustedin falsehood.
For My peoplehave forgottenMe, They burnincenseto worthlessgods And they have stumbledfrom their ways,From the ancientpaths,To walkin bypaths,Not on a highway,
"Can a virginforgether ornaments,Or a brideher attire?Yet My peoplehave forgottenMe Dayswithoutnumber.
A voiceis heardon the bareheights,The weeping[and] the supplicationsof the sonsof Israel;Becausethey have pervertedtheir way,They have forgottenthe LORDtheir God.
"You will profaneyourself in the sightof the nations,and you will knowthat I am the LORD."'"
"I will punishher for the daysof the BaalsWhenshe used to offersacrificesto them And adornherself with her earringsand jewelry,And followher lovers,so that she forgotMe," declaresthe LORD.
And ifanyone'sname was not foundwrittenin the bookof life,he was throwninto the lakeof fire.
"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."
