The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work—an observation that the lazy person's unfulfilled desires become a form of self-torture, that longing without effort produces anguish. The phrase 'his hands refuse to work' (mayinu tamnu amal) identifies the will as the problem; physical capacity is present but will is absent. The theological significance involves the recognition that laziness is a choice that produces its own punishment.

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