The houses will be full of good things which you did not put in them, and there will be wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant. When the LORD brings you into this land and you have all you want to eat,

make certain that you do not forget the LORD who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

The people who once were well fed now hire themselves out to get food, but the hungry are hungry no more. The childless wife has borne seven children, but the mother of many is left with none.

If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.

Even the prophets and the priests are so drunk that they stagger. They have drunk so much wine and liquor that they stumble in confusion. The prophets are too drunk to understand the visions that God sends, and the priests are too drunk to decide the cases that are brought to them.

And so I tell you that those who worship and obey me will have plenty to eat and drink, but you will be hungry and thirsty. They will be happy, but you will be disgraced.

I know what it is to be in need and what it is to have more than enough. I have learned this secret, so that anywhere, at any time, I am content, whether I am full or hungry, whether I have too much or too little.

I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me.

You say, 'I am rich and well off; I have all I need.' But you do not know how miserable and pitiful you are! You are poor, naked, and blind.

The people will wander through the land, discouraged and hungry. In their hunger and their anger they will curse their king and their God. They may look up to the sky

Everywhere in the country people snatch and eat any bit of food they can find, but their hunger is never satisfied. They even eat their own children!

And so I tell you that those who worship and obey me will have plenty to eat and drink, but you will be hungry and thirsty. They will be happy, but you will be disgraced.

They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

When the Pharisees heard all this, they made fun of Jesus, because they loved money.

Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who make yourselves look right in other people's sight, but God knows your hearts. For the things that are considered of great value by people are worth nothing in God's sight.

But I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone!

All who see me make fun of me; they stick out their tongues and shake their heads.

Laughter may hide sadness. When happiness is gone, sorrow is always there.

I discovered that laughter is foolish, that pleasure does you no good.

Sorrow is better than laughter; it may sadden your face, but it sharpens your understanding.

When a fool laughs, it is like thorns crackling in a fire. It doesn't mean a thing.

Nor is it fitting for you to use language which is obscene, profane, or vulgar. Rather you should give thanks to God.

Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself ? ' "

How you will cry and gnash your teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, while you are thrown out!

no wicked people have been happy for long.

but they will be blown away like dust. Those who used to know them will wonder where they have gone.

Their children run and play like lambs

They live out their lives in peace and quietly die without suffering.

he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.

What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain, pain like that of a woman in labor.

My head is spinning, and I am trembling with fear. I had been longing for evening to come, but it has brought me nothing but terror.

The grapevines wither, and wine is becoming scarce. Everyone who was once happy is now sad,

There is no more happy singing over wine; no one enjoys its taste any more.

People shout in the streets because there is no more wine. Happiness is gone forever; it has been banished from the land.

and praised gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

He turned pale and was so frightened that his knees began to shake.

I will turn your festivals into funerals and change your glad songs into cries of grief. I will make you shave your heads and wear sackcloth, and you will be like parents mourning for their only child. That day will be bitter to the end.

Like tangled thorns and dry straw you drunkards will be burned up!

"The king went in to look at the guests and saw a man who was not wearing wedding clothes.

Then the king told the servants, 'Tie him up hand and foot, and throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.' "

When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.

Give her as much suffering and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. For she keeps telling herself: 'Here I sit, a queen! I am no widow, I will never know grief !'

The kings of the earth who took part in her immorality and lust will cry and weep over the city when they see the smoke from the flames that consume her.

The merchants of the earth also cry and mourn for her, because no one buys their goods any longer;