Come now, you who say,“ Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.You ought to say instead,“ If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah.He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just like his father Manasseh had done.He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.He abandoned the LORD God of his ancestors and did not follow the LORD’s instructions.Amon’s servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace.The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
And I will say to myself,“ You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’