to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures,

“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away.

They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.’

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

But I will strip everything away from Esau’s descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left!

God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor – instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!’”