Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

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

For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up.

Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs.

My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.

At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live,

They called out to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

I replied, “How long, sovereign master?” He said, “Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them.

the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, “Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them.

For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made.

When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing.

Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’

For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

Each one says, ‘Come on, I’ll get some wine! Let’s guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We’ll have everything we want!’

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.