I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.
For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—
those the Lord blesses will inherit the land, but those he curses will be destroyed.
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
“For,” said Peter, “it is written in the Book of Psalms: “ ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, “ ‘May another take his place of leadership.’