Wisdom 4:17-19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ For they will see the end of the wise man,
and will not understand what the Lord purposed for him,
and for what he kept him safe.
¹⁸ They will see, and will have contempt for him,
but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
After this they will become dishonored corpses,
and an outrage among the dead for ever;
¹⁹ because he will dash them speechless to the ground,
and shake them from the foundations;
they will be left utterly dry and barren,
and they will suffer anguish,
and the memory of them will perish.