21. for Death has climbed through our windows;it has entered our fortresses,cutting off children from the streets,young men from the squares.
22. Speak as follows:This is what the Lord says:Human corpses will falllike manure on the surface of the field, like newly cut grain after the reaperwith no one to gather it.
23. This is what the Lord says:The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;the strong man must not boast in his strength;the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.
24. But the one who boasts should boast in this,that he understands and knows Me —that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,justice, and righteousness on the earth,for I delight in these things.This is the Lord’s declaration.