¹² Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time, I know that it will go better^(A) with those who fear God,^(B) who are reverent before him.^{(C) 13} Yet because the wicked do not fear God,^(D) it will not go well with them, and their days^(E) will not lengthen like a shadow.

¹⁴ The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:^(A) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned^(B) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.