1
Adam's children are reminded that they come from earth and return to earth; robbery, false balances, false oaths, and coveting are condemned before resurrection and Judgment.
2
The chapter refuses the claim that death or decay defeats the Word that created life from non-being.
3
Repentance, mercy, honest work, and Torah obedience are set against deception, idolatry, greed, and arrogance.
4
Its final horizon is bodily resurrection and transparent Judgment before Yahuah.