19 “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’But I say he should punish the ones who sin,so that they understand his judgment.
20 Let them see their destruction with their own eyes.Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.
21 For they will not care what happens to their familyafter they are dead.
22 “But who can teach a lesson to God,since he judges even the most powerful?
23 One person dies in prosperity,completely comfortable and secure,
24 the picture of good health,vigorous and fit.
25 Another person dies in bitter poverty,never having tasted the good life.