"You have conceivedchaff,you will givebirthto stubble;My breathwill consumeyou like a fire.
"They conceivemischiefand bringforthiniquity,And their mindpreparesdeception."
Whyare the nationsin an uproarAnd the peoplesdevisinga vainthing?
Behold,he travailswith wickedness,And he conceivesmischiefand bringsforthfalsehood.
He has duga pitand hollowedit out, And has falleninto the holewhich he made.
The strongmanwill becometinder,His workalso a spark.Thus they shall bothburntogetherAnd therewill be noneto quench[them].
The nationsrumbleon like the rumblingof manywaters,But He will rebukethem and they will fleefaraway,And be chasedlike chaffin the mountainsbeforethe wind,Or like whirlingdustbeforea gale.
We were pregnant,we writhed[in labor], We gavebirth,as it seems, [only] to wind.We could not accomplishdeliverancefor the earth,Norwere inhabitantsof the worldborn.
Therefore,as a tongueof fireconsumesstubbleAnd drygrasscollapsesinto the flame,So their rootwill becomelike rotand their blossomblowawayas dust;For they have rejectedthe lawof the LORDof hostsAnd despisedthe wordof the HolyOneof Israel.
Noonesuesrighteouslyand noonepleadshonestly.They trustin confusionand speaklies;They conceivemischiefand bringforthiniquity.
Thereforethe Lorddoes not takepleasurein their youngmen,Nordoes He havepityon their orphansor their widows;For everyoneof them is godlessand an evildoer,And everymouthis speakingfoolishness.In [spite of] allthis,His angerdoes not turnawayAnd His handis stillstretchedout.
"While it remained[unsold], did it not remainyour own? And after it was sold,was it not underyour control?Whyis it that you have conceivedthisdeedin your heart?You have not liedto menbut to God."
Thenwhen lusthas conceived,it gives birthto sin;and when sinis accomplished,it brings forthdeath.
