16 “God is gently calling you from the jaws of troubleto an open place of freedomwhere he has set your table full of the best food.
17 But now you are being punished like the wicked;you are getting justice.
18 Be careful! Don’t be led away from God by riches;don’t let much money turn you away.
19 Neither your wealth nor all your great strengthwill keep you out of trouble.
20 Don’t wish for the nightwhen people are taken from their homes.
21 Be careful not to turn to evil,which you seem to want more than suffering.
22 “God is great and powerful;no other teacher is like him.