12. There is a generation which seems pure to themselves, and yet they are not even washed from their filthiness.
13. There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.
14. There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.
15. The leech has two daughters, who say, 'Bring, bring.' Three things are insatiable, and a fourth never says 'Enough':
16. Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and a land that is not filled with water. And truly, fire never says, 'Enough.'