¹⁰ And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

¹⁵ For you have said : We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.