O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, ‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’
“Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ‘The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’
“Come,” they say, “let me get wine; let us fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow will be like this day, great beyond measure.”
They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’
“They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord, “those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing’?
For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light,
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.
You said, “I shall be mistress forever,” so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
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