Judah's leaders are like crooks who move boundary markers; that's why I will flood them with my anger.
In the land the Lord is giving you, there are already stones set up to mark the property lines between fields. So don't move those stones.
We worship you, Lord, and we should always pray whenever we find out that we have sinned. Then we won't be swept away by a raging flood.
But anyone who hears what I say and doesn't obey me is like someone whose house wasn't built on solid rock. As soon as the river rushed against that house, it was smashed to pieces!
Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash.
I will let loose my anger and punish you for the evil things you've done. You'll get what you deserve.
Don't move a boundary marker set up by your ancestors.
The start of an argument is like a water leak— so stop it before real trouble breaks out.
that strike each day and from every side.
Show them how angry you are! Be furious and catch them.
Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.
like silver in a furnace. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have punished them in my anger.