1. Good people pass away;the godly often die before their time.But no one seems to care or wonder why.No one seems to understandthat God is protecting them from the evil to come.
2. For those who follow godly pathswill rest in peace when they die.
3. “But you—come here, you witches’ children,you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
4. Whom do you mock,making faces and sticking out your tongues?You children of sinners and liars!
5. You worship your idols with great passionbeneath the oaks and under every green tree.You sacrifice your children down in the valleys,among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
6. Your gods are the smooth stones in the valleys.You worship them with liquid offerings and grain offerings.They, not I, are your inheritance.Do you think all this makes me happy?
7. You have committed adultery on every high mountain.There you have worshiped idolsand have been unfaithful to me.
8. You have put pagan symbolson your doorposts and behind your doors.You have left meand climbed into bed with these detestable gods.You have committed yourselves to them.You love to look at their naked bodies.
9. You have gone to Molechwith olive oil and many perfumes,sending your agents far and wide,even to the world of the dead.
10. You grew weary in your search,but you never gave up.Desire gave you renewed strength,and you did not grow weary.