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24:1  “Why are times for judging not set up by the All-powerful? And why do those who know Him not see these days?
24:2  Some take away the land-marks and take fields and animals.
24:3  They drive away the donkeys that belong to those who have no parents. They take the bull that belongs to a woman whose husband has died, as a promise that she will pay what she owes.
24:4  They push poor people off the road. All the poor of the land are made to hide themselves.
24:5  See, they go out like wild donkeys in the desert to look for food for their children.
24:6  They gather food in the fields, and gather what they can that is left from the grape-fields owned by the sinful.
24:7  They lie all night without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
24:8  They are wet with the mountain rains and stay close to the rocks for cover.
24:9  Others take from the breast the child who has no father. They take the child from the poor as a promise that they will pay what they owe.
24:10  They make the poor go about without clothing, making them carry loads of cut grain while they are hungry.
24:11  Among the olive trees they make oil. They crush grapes but they are thirsty.
24:12  Men from the city cry inside themselves. The souls of those who are hurt cry out. Yet God does not listen to their prayer.
24:13  “Then there are those who turn against the light. They do not want to know its ways or stay in its paths.
24:14  The one who kills people gets up early in the morning. He kills the poor and those in need. And during the night he is like a robber.
24:15  The eye of the one who is not faithful in marriage waits for the evening, saying, ‘No one will see me.’ And he covers his face.
24:16  In the dark they dig into houses. They shut themselves up during the day and do not know the light.
24:17  For midnight is morning to them. They are not afraid of the fears of darkness.
24:18  “They are taken away on the top of the waters. Their part of the earth is cursed. They do not go to their grape-fields.
24:19  Dry weather and heat take away the water from the snow, just as the place of the dead takes away those who have sinned.
24:20  A mother will forget him. The worm is pleased to eat him until he is remembered no more. Sin will be broken like a tree.
24:21  He does wrong to the woman who cannot give birth. And he does no good for the woman whose husband has died.
24:22  But God by His power gives long life to the strong. They rise again, even when they had no hope of life.
24:23  He makes them safe and gives them strength, and His eyes are on their ways.
24:24  They are given honor for a little while, and then they are gone. They are brought low and gathered up as all others are. They are cut off like the heads of grain.
24:25  If it is not so, who can prove me a liar, and show that what I say means nothing?”