20. Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21. Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
22. Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.
23. But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.
26. For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
27. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
28. They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29. Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30. A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:
31. the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?