39. even so shall not the evils be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall groan, and sorrows shall take hold of it on every side.
40. O my people, hear my word: make you ready to the battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.
41. He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buys, as one that will lose:
42. he that occupieth merchandise, as he that has no profit by it: and he that builds, as he that shall not dwell therein:
43. he that sows, as if he should not reap: so also he that pruneth the vines, as he that shall not gather the grapes:
44. they that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowed.
45. Inasmuch as they that labor labor in vain;
46. for strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captive, for in captivity and famine shall they beget their children:
47. and they that traffick traffick to become a spoil: the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons,
48. the more will I hate them for their sins, says the Lord.
49. Like as a right honest and virtuous woman hates a harlot,
50. so shall righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall accuse her to her face, when he comes that shall defend him that diligently searcheth out every sin upon earth.