19. Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord's indignation will go forth, and a tempest will break out; it will overwhelm the head of the impious.
20. The fury of the Lord will not return until it succeeds, and until it completes the plan of his heart. In the last days, you will understand this counsel.
21. "I did not send these prophets, yet they hurry forward. I was not speaking to them, yet they were prophesying.
22. If they had stood in my counsel, and if I had made my words known to my people, certainly I would have turned them away from their evil ways and from their most wicked plans.
23. Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?