8. They will be forgottenlike a dream
9. and vanish from the sightof family and friends.
10. Their children will have to repaywhat the parents tookfrom the poor.
11. Indeed, the wicked will dieand go to their gravesin the prime of life.
12. Sinners love the taste of sin;they relish every bite
13. and swallow it slowly.
14. But their food will turn sourand poison their stomachs.
15. Then God will make them losethe wealth they gobbled up.
16. They will die from the fangsof poisonous snakes
17. and never enjoy rivers flowingwith milk and honey.
18. Their hard work will resultin nothing gained,
19. because they cheated the poorand took their homes.
20. Greedy people want everythingand are never satisfied.
21. But when nothing remainsfor them to grab,they will be nothing.
22. Once they have everything,distress and despairwill strike them down,
23. and God will make them swallowhis blazing anger.
24. While running from iron spears,they will be killedby arrows of bronze,
25. whose shining tips go straightthrough their bodies.They will be trapped by terror,
26. and what they treasure mostwill be lost in the dark.God will send flamesto destroy them in their tentswith all their property.