17. They say to those who despise the word of the Lord,“Peace shall be yours”;And to everyone who walks in hardness of heart,“No evil shall overtake you.”
18. Now, who has stood in the council of the Lord,to see him and to hear his word?Who has heeded his word so as to announce it?
19. See, the storm of the Lord!His wrath breaks forthIn a whirling stormthat bursts upon the heads of the wicked.
20. The anger of the Lord shall not abateuntil he has carried out completelythe decisions of his heart.In days to comeyou will understand fully.
21. I did not send these prophets,yet they ran;I did not speak to them,yet they prophesied.
22. Had they stood in my council,they would have proclaimed my words to my people,They would have brought them back from their evil waysand from their wicked deeds.