Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast forgot God
that made thee. And when the LORD saw it, he was angry because of
the provoking of his sons and daughters. And he said: I will hide
my face from them and will see what their end shall be. For they
are a froward generation and children in whom is no faith. They
have angered me with that which is no god, and provoked me with
their vanities; And I again will anger them with them which are no
people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation. For fire is
kindled in my wrath, and shall burn unto the bottom of hell. And
shall consume the earth with her increase, and set afire the
bottoms of the mountains. I will heap mischiefs upon thee and will
spend all mine arrows at them. Burnt with hunger and consumed with
heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of
beasts upon them and poison serpents. Without forth, the sword
shall rob them of their children: and within in the chamber, fear:
both young men and young women and the sucklings with the men of
gray heads. I have determined to scatter them thorowout the world,
and to make away the remembrance of them from among men. Were it
not that I feared the railing of their enemies, lest their
adversaries would be proud and say: our high hand hath done all
these works and not the LORD.
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