9
are death and bloodshed and strife and sword, calamities, famine and affliction and plague.
10
All these were created for the wicked, and on their account the flood came.
11
All things that are from the earth turn back to the earth, and what is from the waters returns to the sea.
12
All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
13
The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.