He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not turn into the way of vineyards.
or darkness, so that you do not see, and a flood of water covers you.
who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
They press out oil within their walls; winepresses they shall tread, yet suffer thirst.
They reap his fodder in a field and they glean the vineyard of the wrong.
Alarms overtake him like a flood; a storm wind shall steal him away in the night.
I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly his home was cursed.
They have passed by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey.
Let them melt, let them vanish as water; Let Him aim His arrows that they be cut down;
Let their table before them become a snare, And a trap to those at ease.
The curse of יהוה is on the house of the wrong, But He blesses the home of the righteous.
Overflow through your land like the River, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no more strength.
“If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.