14. How wise was you made in your youth, And filled as a river with understanding!
15. Your soul covered the earth, And you filled it with dark parables.
16. Your name reached to the aisles afar off; And for your peace you were beloved.
17. For your songs and proverbs and parables, And for your interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
18. By the name of the Lord God, Which is called the God of Israel, You did gather gold as tin, And did multiply silver as lead.
19. You did bow your loins to women, And in your body you were brought into subjection.
20. You did blemish your honor, And profane your seed, To bring wrath upon your children; And I was grieved for your folly:
21. So that the sovereignty was divided, And out of Ephraim ruled a disobedient kingdom.
22. But the Lord will never forsake his mercy; And he will not destroy any of his works, Nor blot out the posterity of his elect; And the seed of him that loved him he will not take away; And he gave a remnant to Jacob, And to David a root out of him.
23. And so rested Solomon with his fathers; And of his seed he left behind him Rehoboam, Even the foolishness of the people, and one that lacked understanding, Who made the people to revolt by his counsel. Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Who made Israel to sin, And gave to Ephraim a way of sin.
24. And their sins were multiplied exceedingly, To remove them from their land.