Then he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel had set their expectations on me, that I should reign. However, the kingdom has been turned over, and has become my brother’s; for it was his from the Lord.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten; The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him.

The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.

When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes.

The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Then they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their glory.

And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”

Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall be very sorrowful; And Ekron, for He dried up her expectation. The king shall perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.