I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. ¹ 

Now I was paying you close attention, ¹  yet ²  there was no one proving Job wrong, ³  not one of you was answering his statements!

I saw ¹  that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground ²  was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man ¹  on earth, ²  and I concluded: Everything ³  he has accomplished ⁴  is futile ⁵  – like chasing the wind! ⁶ 

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, ¹  he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they ²  come quickly and swiftly.

When one looks out over the land, he sees ¹  distress and darkness, gloom ²  and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. ³ 

In the evening there is sudden terror; ¹  by morning they vanish. ²  This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us! ³ 

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim! ¹ 

“I looked at the land and saw ¹  that it was an empty wasteland. ²  I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The Lord had brought this all about because of his blazing anger. ¹ 

So I went down to the potter’s house and found him working ¹  at his wheel. ² 

Then I looked, ¹  and I saw one wheel ²  on the ground ³  beside each of the four beings.

Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley.

He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall.

He said to me, “Son of man, dig into the wall.” So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway.

When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, “Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ¹  – he gave his promise ²  and did all these things – he will not escape!

“‘See, I strike my hands together ¹  at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed ²  they have done among you.

The young men of On and of Pi-beseth ¹  will die by the sword; and the cities will go ²  into captivity.

Then a wind ¹  lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched ²  the glory of the Lord filling the temple. ³