¹² I am like a moth^(A) to Ephraim,
    like rot^(B) to the people of Judah.

⁸ For the moth will eat them up like a garment;^(A)
    the worm^(B) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,^(C)
    my salvation through all generations.”

²⁸ “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment^(A) eaten by moths.^(B)

“‘the worms that eat them do not die,
    and the fire is not quenched.’^[c](H)

⁹ It is the Sovereign Lord^(A) who helps^(B) me.
    Who will condemn^(C) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
    the moths^(D) will eat them up.

⁴ A wife of noble character^(A) is her husband’s crown,
    but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.^(B)