CHAPTER 5
1 Contemplate how the trees are covered with green leaves and bear fruit. And understand, in respect of everything, and perceive how He Who Lives Forever made all these things for you.
2 And how His works are before Him in each succeeding year, and all His works serve Him and do not change; but as God has decreed – so everything is done.
(Psalm 119:90-91)
3 And consider how the seas and rivers together complete their tasks.
(Jeremiah 5:22), (Job 38:8-11)
4 But you have not persevered in, nor observed, the Law of the Lord. But you have transgressed and have spoken proud and hard words with your unclean mouth against his majesty. You hard of heart! You will not have peace!
(Romans 5:12), (Romans 3:23), (Job 9:24), (Psalm 107:34), (Genesis 6:5-6), (Hosea 1:2), (Romans 1:18-21), (Jeremiah 9:12-14), (Hosea 4:1-3), (Hosea 14:22-28), (Wisdom 14:22-29), (2 Peter 2:9-12), (Jude 1:8, 10), (Jude 1:15), (Isaiah 26:21), (Daniel 9:14), (Isaiah 48:22), (Isaiah 57:21), (Isaiah 59:7-9), (Jeremiah 12:12), (Ezekiel 7:25)
5 And because of this you will curse your days, and the years of your life you will destroy. And the eternal curse will increase and you will not receive mercy.
(Isaiah 47:11), (Jeremiah 12:12), (Ezekiel 7:25), (Isaiah 48:22), (Isaiah 57:21), (2 Peter 2:12)
6 In those days, you will transform your name into an eternal curse to all the righteous. And they will curse you sinners forever.
7 For the chosen; there will be light, joy, and peace, and they will inherit the earth. But for you, the impious, there will be a curse.
(Psalm 37:22), (Job 34:11), (Psalm 37:11), (Psalm 112:4), (Isaiah 9:2), (Matthew 4:16), (Luke 1:78-79)
8 When wisdom is given to the chosen they will all live, and will not again do wrong, either through forgetfulness, or through pride. But those who possess wisdom will be humble.
(Ecclesiastes 2:26), (Daniel 2:20-22), (Luke 21:15), (Sirach 3:17-18),
(Isaiah 11:9), (1 John 3:3, 6, 9), (1 John 5:18)
9 They will not again do wrong, and they will not be judged in all the days of their life, and they will not die of wrath or anger. But they will complete the number of the days of their life. And their life will grow in peace, and the years of their joy will increase in gladness and eternal peace; all the days of their life.
(Isaiah 11:9), (1 John 3:3, 6, 9), (1 John 5:18)
(Romans 5:9), (1 Thessalonians 1:10), (Matthew 25:34), (Daniel 7:27), (Isaiah 66:10-14)