2 All of the faithful people are gone.There is not one good person left in this country.Everyone is waiting to kill someone.Everyone is trying to trap his brother.
3 People are good at doing evil with both hands.Rulers ask for money.And judges’ decisions are bought for a price.Rich people make their wishes known.They all join in their evil plans.
4 Even the best of them is like a thornbush.Even the nicest of them is worse than a thornbush.Your watchmen warned you about this day.Now it has come.Now you will be punished.Your punishment will amaze you.
5 Don’t trust your neighbor.Don’t even trust a friend.Be careful what you say,even to your wife.
6 A son will not honor his father.A daughter will turn against her mother.A daughter-in-law will fight with her mother-in-law.A person’s enemies will be members of his own family.
7 Israel says, “I will look to the Lord for help.I will wait for God to save me.My God will hear me.
8 Enemy, don’t laugh at me.I have fallen, but I will get up again.I sit in the shadow of trouble now.But the Lord will be a light for me.