¹² For man ^(A)does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and ^(B)like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are ^(C)snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

^14 (A)Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity and has brought it upon us, ^(B)for the Lord our God is righteous in all the works that he has done, and ^(C)we have not obeyed his voice.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass that ^(A)as I have watched over them ^(B)to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, ^(C)so I will watch over them ^(D)to build and to plant, declares the Lord.