1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
3 But come here, ye sons of the sorceress, generation of the adulterer and the whore.
4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom do ye make a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not rebellious sons, a lying seed of transgression,
5 inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?