3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5:12 They have stringed instruments, 5 tambourines, flutes,
and wine at their parties.
So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing,
they do not perceive what he is bringing about. 6
5:13 Therefore my 7 people will be deported 8
because of their lack of understanding.
Their 9 leaders will have nothing to eat, 10
their 11 masses will have nothing to drink. 12
5:14 So Death 13 will open up its throat,
and open wide its mouth; 14
Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it,
including those who revel and celebrate within her. 15
22:12 At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning,
for shaved heads and sackcloth. 16
22:13 But look, there is outright celebration! 17
You say, “Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep,
eat meat and drink wine.
Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!” 18
22:14 The Lord who commands armies told me this: 19 “Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” 20 says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies.
6:3 You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, 21
but you establish a reign of violence. 22
6:4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, 23
and sprawl out on their couches.
They eat lambs from the flock,
and calves from the middle of the pen.
6:5 They sing 24 to the tune of 25 stringed instruments; 26
like David they invent 27 musical instruments.
6:6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, 28
and pour the very best oils on themselves. 29
Yet they are not concerned over 30 the ruin 31 of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, 32
and the religious banquets 33 where they sprawl on couches 34 will end.
1:10 Surely they will be totally consumed 35
like 36 entangled thorn bushes, 37
like the drink of drunkards, 38
like very 39 dry stubble.
21:34 “But be on your guard 40 so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. 41 21:35 For 42 it will overtake 43 all who live on the face of the whole earth. 44