You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.” ¹  In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

May his days be few! ¹  May another take his job! ² 

May his children ¹  be fatherless, and his wife a widow!

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up, ¹ 

Let them be for yourself ¹  alone, and not for strangers with you. ² 

At the two corners ¹  they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

¹ Come, let’s consider your options,” ²  says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become ³  white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become ⁴  white like wool. ⁵ 

Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.

The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south.

How often ¹  are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away ²  by a whirlwind?

May they be ¹  like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord’s angel ²  attacks them! ³ 

Each one will be handed over to the sword; ¹  their corpses will be eaten by jackals. ² 

They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. ¹ 

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, ¹  and cut off the memory of his children ²  from the earth!

Those who make them will end up ¹  like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

Those who make them will end up ¹  like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them. ¹ 

I will remove the sorcery ¹  that you practice, ²  and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. ³ 

Any children that you father ¹  after them will be yours; they will be listed ²  under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. ³