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11 The grave[a] is their eternal home,
    where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,
12     but their fame will not last.
    They will die, just like animals.
13 This is the fate of fools,
    though they are remembered as being wise.[b] Interlude

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Footnotes

  1. 49:11 As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads Their inward [thought].
  2. 49:13 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

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