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24:1  “Why doesn’t God All-Powerful set times for judgment? And why can’t his followers know when those times will be?
24:2  “People move property markers to get more of their neighbor’s land. People steal flocks and lead them to other grasslands.
24:3  They steal a donkey that belongs to an orphan. They take a widow’s cow until she pays what she owes them.
24:4  They force the poor to move out of their way and to get off the road.
24:5  “The poor are like wild donkeys that go out to the desert to find food. From morning to night they work to gather food for their children.
24:6  They have to work in the fields, harvesting grain. They work for the rich, gathering grapes in their vineyards.
24:7  They must sleep all night without clothes. They have no covers to protect them from the cold.
24:8  They are soaked with rain in the mountains. They stay close to the large rocks for shelter.
24:9  They take a nursing baby from its mother. They take a poor person’s child to guarantee a loan.
24:10  They have no clothes, so they work naked. They carry piles of grain for others, but they go hungry.
24:11  They press out olive oil and walk on grapes in the winepress, but they have nothing to drink.
24:12  In the city you can hear the sad sounds of dying people. Those who are hurt cry out for help, but God does not listen.
24:13  “Some people rebel against the light. They don’t know what God wants. They don’t live the way he wants.
24:14  A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief.
24:15  A man who commits adultery waits for the night to come. He thinks, ‘No one will see me,’ but still, he covers his face.
24:16  When it is dark, evil people go out and break into houses. But during the day they lock themselves in their homes to avoid the light.
24:17  The darkest night is their morning. They are friends with the terrors of darkness.
24:18  “You say, ‘Evil people are taken away like things carried away in a flood. The land they own is cursed, so no one goes to work in their vineyards.
24:19  As hot, dry weather melts away the winter snows, so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
24:20  Their own mothers will forget them. Only the worms will want them. No one will remember them. They will be broken like a rotten stick!
24:21  These evil people hurt women who have no children to protect them, and they refuse to help widows.
24:22  By his power God removes the powerful. Even if they have a high position, they cannot be sure of their lives.
24:23  They might feel safe and secure, but God is watching how they live.
24:24  They might be successful for a while, but then they will be gone. Like everyone else, they will be cut down like grain.’
24:25  “I swear these things are true! Who can prove that I lied? Who can show that I am wrong?”