8. And if they are bound in shackles, caught in the cords of affliction,
9. then He reveals to them their work, and their transgressions, that they behaved proudly.
10. And He opens their ear for discipline, and commands that they turn back from wickedness.
11. If they obey and serve, they complete their days in blessedness, and their years in pleasantness.
12. But if they do not obey, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.
13. But the defiled ones in heart become enraged – let them not cry for help when He binds them.
14. Their being dies in youth, and their life among the male prostitutes.