18. “You say, ‘Evil people are taken away like things carried away in a flood. The land they own is cursed, so no one goes to work in their vineyards.
19. As hot, dry weather melts away the winter snows, so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
20. Their own mothers will forget them. Only the worms will want them. No one will remember them. They will be broken like a rotten stick!
21. These evil people hurt women who have no children to protect them, and they refuse to help widows.
22. By his power God removes the powerful. Even if they have a high position, they cannot be sure of their lives.
23. They might feel safe and secure, but God is watching how they live.
24. They might be successful for a while, but then they will be gone. Like everyone else, they will be cut down like grain.’