18. Nevertheless in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
19. And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
20. Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21. Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
22. Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
23. But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.
24. And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest.
25. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.
26. For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.