18 “Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I awill not make a complete end of you.
19 And it will be when you say, a‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have bforsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so cyou shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’
21 ‘Hear this now, O afoolish people,
Without1 understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
Without1 understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
22 aDo you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the bbound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the bbound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
aWho gives rain, both the bformer and the latter, in its season.
cHe reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
aWho gives rain, both the bformer and the latter, in its season.
cHe reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They alie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
They alie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
28 They have grown afat, they are sleek;
Yes, they1 surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead bthe cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
cYet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
Yes, they1 surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead bthe cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
cYet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
29 aShall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord.
‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’
‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’
31 The prophets prophesy afalsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people blove to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people blove to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
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