For their calamity arises suddenly, And who knows the ruin of both of them?
And all the guests who were invited by Aḏoniyahu were afraid, and rose, and each one went his way.
Who knows the power of Your displeasure? And your wrath, according to the fear of You?
The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.
The dread of a sovereign is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him sins against his own life.
For seven times a righteous man falls and rises, But the wrong one stumbles into evil.
Therefore his calamity comes suddenly; Instantly he is broken, And there is no healing.
For even man does not know his time. Like fish taken in an evil net, and like birds caught in a snare, so the sons of men are snared in an evil time, when it comes down on them suddenly.
“Ephrayim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because he walked after the command when it pleased him.