Sirach 28:26LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 26 of 30
"Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame."
In context
24For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
25The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
26Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
27They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
28Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.