11. like a lioness that cannot find prey. They died, and their cubs starved to death.
12. “I happened to hear a message. My ears caught a whisper of it.
13. Like a bad dream in the night, it ruined my sleep.
14. It frightened me, and I trembled down to my bones.
15. A spirit passed by my face. The hair on my body stood up!
16. The spirit stood still, but I could not see what it was. A shape stood before my eyes, and there was silence. Then I heard a quiet voice:
17. ‘A person cannot be more right than God. People cannot be more pure than their Maker.
18. Look, God cannot even trust his heavenly servants. He sees faults even in his angels.
19. So surely people are worse! They live in houses of clay built on dust. They can be crushed as easily as a moth!