17. ⌊He warns them⌋ to turn away from doing ⌊wrong⌋and to stop being arrogant.
18. He keeps their souls from the pitand their lives from crossing the River ⌊of Death⌋.
19. In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplinedwith endless aching in their bones
20. so that their whole being hates foodand they lose their appetite for a delicious meal.
21. Their flesh becomes so thin that it can’t be seen.Their bones, not seen before, will be exposed.
22. Their souls approach the pit.Their lives come close to those already dead.
23. “If they have a messenger for them,a spokesman, one in a thousand,to tell people what is right for them,
24. then he will have pity on them and say,‘Free them from going into the pit.I have found a ransom.’