11. When a people die,they inherit corruption and worms, gnats and maggots.
12. The beginning of pride is stubbornnessin withdrawing the heart from one’s Maker.
13. For sin is a reservoir of insolence,a source which runs over with vice;Because of it God sends unheard-of afflictionsand strikes people with utter ruin.
14. God overturns the thrones of the proudand enthrones the lowly in their place.
15. God plucks up the roots of the proud,and plants the lowly in their place.
16. The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations,and destroys them to the very foundations of the earth.
17. He removes them from the earth, destroying them,erasing their memory from the world.