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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: |
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"I must reply because I am greatly disturbed. |
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I've had to endure your insults, but now my spirit prompts me to reply. |
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"Don't you realize that from the beginning of time, ever since people were first placed on the earth, |
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the triumph of the wicked has been short-lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary? |
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Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens and their heads touch the clouds, |
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yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask, 'Where are they?' |
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They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night. |
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Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again. |
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Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches. |
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Though they are young, their bones will lie in the dust. |
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"They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness, letting it melt under their tongue. |
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They savored it, holding it long in their mouths. |
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But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach. |
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They will vomit the wealth they swallowed. God won't let them keep it down. |
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They will suck the poison of cobras. The viper will kill them. |
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They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil or rivers of milk and honey. |
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They will give back everything they worked for. Their wealth will bring them no joy. |
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For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes. |
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They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about. |
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Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves. Therefore, their prosperity will not endure. |
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"In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery. |
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May God give them a bellyful of trouble. May God rain down his anger upon them. |
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When they try to escape an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them. |
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The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them. |
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Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour their goods, consuming all they have left. |
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The heavens will reveal their guilt, and the earth will testify against them. |
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A flood will sweep away their house. God's anger will descend on them in torrents. |
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This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God." |
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