² “When will you stop these speeches?
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
³ You think of us as cattle,
    as if we are stupid.
⁴ You tear yourself to pieces in your anger.
    Should the earth be vacant just for you?
    Should the rocks move from their places?

⁵ “The lamp of the wicked will be put out,
    and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.
⁶ The light in their tents will grow dark,
    and the lamps by their sides will go out.
⁷ Their strong steps will grow weak;
    they will fall into their own evil traps.
⁸ Their feet will be caught in a net
    when they walk into its web.
⁹ A trap will catch them by the heel
    and hold them tight.
¹⁰ A trap for them is hidden on the ground,
    right in their path.
¹¹ Terrible things startle them from every side
    and chase them at every step.
¹² Hunger takes away their strength,
    and disaster is at their side.
¹³ Disease eats away parts of their skin;
    death gnaws at their arms and legs.
¹⁴ They are torn from the safety of their tents
    and dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors.
¹⁵ Their tents are set on fire,
    and sulfur is scattered over their homes.
¹⁶ Their roots dry up below ground,
    and their branches die above ground.
¹⁷ People on earth will not remember them;
    their names will be forgotten in the land.
¹⁸ They will be driven from light into darkness
    and chased out of the world.
¹⁹ They have no children or descendants among their people,
    and no one will be left alive where they once lived.
²⁰ People of the west will be shocked at what has happened to them,
    and people of the east will be very frightened.
²¹ Surely this is what will happen to the wicked;
    such is the place of one who does not know God.”