entered the palace, and had a meal. Only then did he say, "Take that cursed woman and bury her; after all, she is a king's daughter."

But the men who went out to bury her found nothing except her skull and the bones of her hands and feet.

and blow them away like straw in the wind, or like dust carried away in a storm?

When they are carried to the graveyard, to their well-guarded tombs,

thousands join the funeral procession, and even the earth lies gently on their bodies.

The poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The rich man died and was buried,

I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the LORD's house."

Jerusalem is a city restored in beautiful order and harmony.

Here the kings of Israel sat to judge their people.

Then they brought in some men to tell lies about him. "This man," they said, "is always talking against our sacred Temple and the Law of Moses.

No one remembers the wise, and no one remembers fools. In days to come, we will all be forgotten. We must all die---wise and foolish alike.

Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.

Everyone has forgotten me, as though I were dead; I am like something thrown away.

Good people will be remembered as a blessing, but the wicked will soon be forgotten.

LORD, you are Israel's hope; all who abandon you will be put to shame. They will disappear like names written in the dust, because they have abandoned you, the LORD, the spring of fresh water.

My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them."