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Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfOpposition, To Sin And EvilRighteous, TheNo JusticeBreaking God's Law

For the vision is still for an appointed time, but it speaks to the end, and it does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.

Verse ConceptsGod, Faithfulness OfGod, Patience OfDestinySeasons, Of LifeWaitingArriving On TimeGod Not DelayingThe Time Appointedend times prophecyFuture PlansGod's TimingGods TimingGod's Timing And PlanWaiting For God's Timing

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous.) [He is] a haughty man, who does not keep at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to him all nations, and heaps to him all peoples.

Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death

"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) -- he who gets rich by extortion!'

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersPainRidicule, Nature OfRiches, Description OfGuileSocial SelfishnessTransient WealthDo Not StealWoe To The WickedMorality

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Verse ConceptsAmbition, Warnings RegardingProfitsSuffering, Of The InnocentUnjust GainThe Misery Of GreedDo Not StealWoe To The WickedCovetousness

Though the fig tree does not bud
and there is no fruit on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

Verse ConceptsBlossomMangersShepherds, As OccupationsBlossomingDeath Of CreaturesNo More Tending The FlockOlive Treesphotography