41. He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buys, as one that will lose:
42. he that occupieth merchandise, as he that has no profit by it: and he that builds, as he that shall not dwell therein:
43. he that sows, as if he should not reap: so also he that pruneth the vines, as he that shall not gather the grapes:
44. they that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowed.
45. Inasmuch as they that labor labor in vain;
46. for strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine shall they beget their children:
47. and they that traffick traffick to become a spoil: the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,
48. the more will I hate them for their sins, says the Lord.
49. Like as a right honest and virtuous woman hates a harlot,
50. so shall righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall accuse her to her face, when he comes that shall defend him that diligently searcheth out every sin upon earth.
51. Therefore be you⌃ not like thereto, nor to the works thereof.
52. For yet a little while, and iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth, and righteousness shall reign over us.
53. Let not the sinner say that he has not sinned: for he shall burn coals of fire upon his head, which says, I have not sinned before God and his glory.
54. Behold, the Lord knows all the works of men, their imaginations, their thoughts, and their hearts.
55. Who said, Let the earth be made; and it was made: Let the heaven be made; and it was made.
56. And at his word were the stars established, and he knows the number of the stars.
57. Who searcheth the deep, and the treasures thereof; he has measured the sea, and what it contains.