8. To all flesh, both human and animal,but to sinners seven times more so,
9. come death, blood, strife, sword,catastrophes, famine, ruin,and disease.
10. All these things were createdfor the lawless,and because of such peoplethe flood happened.
11. Everything that’s from earth;returns to the earth;everything that’s from waterreturns to the sea.
12. All bribery and injusticewill be wiped out,but good faith will last forever.
13. The money of the unjustwill dry up like a river,and it will crash like loud thunderin a rainstorm.
14. Generous people will rejoice,but those who sin will ultimately fail.
15. The offspring of the ungodlywon’t produce many branches,and they are polluted rootson sheer rock.
16. A reed by any water or riverbankwill be pulled up before any grass.