Baruch 3:15–23

Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her treasures? 16Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth? 17That take their diversion with the birds of the air. 18That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable. 19They are cut off, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place. 20Young men have seen the light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge they have not known, 21Nor have they understood the paths thereof, neither have their children received it, it is far from their face. 22It hath not been heard of in the land of Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman. 23The children of Agar also, that search after the wisdom that is of the earth, the merchants of Merrha, and of Theman, and the tellers of fables, and searchers of prudence and understanding: but the way of wisdom they have not known, neither have they remembered her paths.