If I had said, I will speak thus;\par\tab Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for {\i God's} own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor {\i to do anything} whereby thy brother stumbleth.
For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
This is the generation of them that seek after him,\par\tab That seek thy face, {\i even} Jacob. {\i Selah\par
A seed shall serve him;\par\tab It shall be told of the Lord unto the {\i next} generation.
There were they in great fear;\par\tab For God is in the generation of the righteous.
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah's people to transgress.