Come now, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring— what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.Instead, you should say,“ If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father Manasseh had done.He walked in all the ways his father had walked; he served the idols his father had served, and he bowed in worship to them.He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not walk in the ways of the LORD.Amon’s servants conspired against him and put the king to death in his own house.The common people killed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?’