As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
…the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.