Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

but who pays back those who hate him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve!

Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets among them until the very last ones who hide from you perish.

He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish.

Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man’s hope.

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.

You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them.

The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

But evil men will die; the Lord’s enemies will be incinerated – they will go up in smoke.

My enemies ask this cruel question about me, ‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others.