18:19. His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country. 18:20. They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before. 18:21. These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God. Job Chapter 19 Job complains of the cruelty of his friends; he describes his own sufferings: and his belief of a future resurrection. 19:1. Then Job answered, and said: 19:2. How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 19:3. Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me. 19:4. For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me. 19:5. But you set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches. 19:6. At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges. With an equal judgment... St. Gregory explains these words thus: Job being a just man, and truly considering his own life, thought that his affliction was greater than his sins deserved: and in that respect, that the punishment was not equal, yet it was just, as coming from God, who gives a crown of justice to those who suffer for righteousness' sake, and proves the just with tribulations, as gold is tried by fire. 19:7. Behold I shall cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge. 19:8. He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness. 19:9. He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head. 19:10. He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up. 19:11. His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy. 19:12. His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about. 19:13. He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me. 19:14. My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me. 19:15. They that dwell in my house, and my maidservants have counted me as a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes. 19:16. I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth. 19:17. My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb. 19:18. Even fools despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spoke against me. 19:19. They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I loved most is turned against me. 19:20. The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth. 19:21. Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me. 19:22. Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?