Khanokh the Sky-Tripper
And you will hear the Voice of Shabbat71 from the sky. 4 But woe to you, chattaim! Although your riches make you appear righteous, Your hearts convict you of being evil. This truth will testify against you as a memory of evil deeds. 5 Woe to you who devour the finest of the wheat; Who drink wine from large mugs; Who smash the lowly under your high foot! 6 Woe to you who drink water from every fountain! Suddenly, you will be drunken and wither away Since you have deserted the fountain of life. 7 Woe to you who work defiance, Deceit and blasphemy: Such will be a remembrance against you for evil! 8 Woe to you, you who are powerful, Who oppress the tzadikim with your power. The day of your ruin is coming. And with those days (the days of your judgment), Will be many and good days for the tzadikim!’ The end of chattaim, masters, rich 1 Khanokh 97 1 ‘Believe, you tzadikim, that the chattaim will become a shame And perish in the day of disobedience. 2 Be it known to you, chattaim, that El Shaddai is thinking of your destruction, And the sky malachim will be glad over your devastation. 3 What will you do, you chattaim, And where will you flee on that day of judgment When you hear the prayer-voice of the tzadikim? 4 Yea, you will fare like those Against whom this word will be a testimony: “You have been companions of chattaim.” 5 In those days the prayer of the tzadikim will reach to YHWH, And the days of your judgment will come for you.
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Shabbat = Sabbath, rest, or pause.
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