18 Where are those who anxiously schemed to acquire silver?There is no trace of their actions.
19 They have all vanishedand gone to the grave,and others have risen up in their place.
20 New generations have seen the lightand lived on the earth,but they didn’t knowthe way of knowledge.
21 They didn’t understand her pathsor take hold of her.Their children also went far off course.
22 She hadn’t been heard of in Canaanor seen in Teman.
23 Hagar’s children,who seek earthly understanding,the traders of Merran and Teman,the storytellers and knowledge seekers,haven’t learned the way of Wisdom,nor have they remembered her paths.
24 Israel, how great is God’s houseand spacious is God’s domain!