For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

愚昧人背道，必杀己身；愚顽人安逸，必害己命。

愚蒙人背道，害死自己，愚昧人安逸，自取灭亡。

愚蒙人背道，害死自己，愚昧人安逸，自取灭亡。

愚昧人背离正道，自招灭亡；愚顽人逍遥自在，毁掉自己。

愚蒙人的背道必杀害他们自己，愚昧人的安逸必毁灭他们自己；

要知道，无知人的背道将害死自己，愚昧人的安乐将毁了自己；

愚昧人背道，必殺己身；愚頑人安逸，必害己命。

愚蒙人背道，害死自己，愚昧人安逸，自取滅亡。

愚蒙人背道，害死自己，愚昧人安逸，自取滅亡。

愚昧人背離正道，自招滅亡；愚頑人逍遙自在，毀掉自己。

愚蒙人的背道必殺害他們自己，愚昧人的安逸必毀滅他們自己；

因為愚蠢人被自己之背道所殺；愚頑人之安樂自得、使他們滅亡；

要知道，無知人的背道將害死自己，愚昧人的安樂將毀了自己；

樸拙者戮於卻退、愚蠢者滅於安逸、

愚者背道、故就死地、蠢者逸志、故遭殺戮、

拙者違逆、必致喪命、愚者淫佚、必致滅亡、

For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

“ The wrong path that childish people take will kill them. Foolish people will be destroyed by being satisfied with the way they live.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

For simpletons turn away from me— to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.

The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him.

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognize how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the LORD your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD of Armies.

Moab has been left quiet since his youth, settled like wine on its dregs. He hasn’t been poured from one container to another or gone into exile. So his taste has remained the same, and his aroma hasn’t changed.Therefore look, the days are coming— this is the LORD’s declaration— when I will send pourers to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.

A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this:though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed.

Let their table set before them be a snare, and let it be a trap for their allies.

But if you are without discipline— which all receive— then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled— you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.They provoked his jealousy with different gods; they enraged him with detestable practices.They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known, new gods that had just arrived, which your ancestors did not fear.You ignored the Rock who gave you birth; you forgot the God who gave birth to you.When the LORD saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.He said,“ I will hide my face from them; I will see what will become of them, for they are a perverse generation— unfaithful children.They have provoked my jealousy with what is not a god; they have enraged me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with what is not a people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.For fire has been kindled because of my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the land and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.“ I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them.They will be weak from hunger, ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will unleash on them wild beasts with fangs, as well as venomous snakes that slither in the dust.Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man.“ I would have said: I will cut them to pieces and blot out the memory of them from mankind,if I had not feared provocation from the enemy, or feared that these foes might misunderstand and say,‘ Our own hand has prevailed; it wasn’t the LORD who did all this.’”Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all.If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.How could one pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?But their“ rock” is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.For their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.Their wine is serpents’ venom, the deadly poison of cobras.“ Is it not stored up with me, sealed up in my vaults?Vengeance and retribution belong to me. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”The LORD will indeed vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left— slave or free.He will say,“ Where are their gods, the‘ rock’ they found refuge in?Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let it be a shelter for you.See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.I raise my hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,when I sharpen my flashing sword, and my hand takes hold of judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.I will make my arrows drunk with blood while my sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”Rejoice, you nations, concerning his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries; he will purify his land and his people.Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the presence of the people.

“ There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.But a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, was lying at his gate.He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.One day the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried.And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.‘ Father Abraham!’ he called out,‘ Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame!’“‘ Son,’ Abraham said,‘ remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him.But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.

Then he told them a parable:“ A rich man’s land was very productive.He thought to himself,‘ What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?I will do this,’ he said.‘ I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?’“ That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.