13. There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!And their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,And whose fangs are like knives,To devour the poor from off the earth,And the needy from among men.
15. The leech has two daughters—Give and Give!There are three things that are never satisfied,Four never say, “Enough!”:
16. The grave,The barren womb,The earth that is not satisfied with water—And the fire never says, “Enough!”
17. The eye that mocks his father,And scorns obedience to his mother,The ravens of the valley will pick it out,And the young eagles will eat it.
18. There are three things which are too wonderful for me,Yes, four which I do not understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the air,The way of a serpent on a rock,The way of a ship in the midst of the sea,And the way of a man with a virgin.
20. This is the way of an adulterous woman:She eats and wipes her mouth,And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
21. For three things the earth is perturbed,Yes, for four it cannot bear up: