"Rememberthis,and be assured;Recallit to mind,you transgressors.
Those who makethem will becomelikethem, Everyonewhotrustsin them.
Those who makethem will be likethem, [Yes], everyonewhotrustsin them.
"Yet you said,I will be a queenforever.'Thesethingsyou did not considerNorrememberthe outcomeof them.
"You have not heard,you have not known.Evenfrom longagoyour earhas not been open,BecauseI knewthat you would dealverytreacherously;And you have been calleda rebelfrom birth.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
But they are altogetherstupidand foolish[In their] disciplineof delusion--their idol is wood!
"Because he consideredand turnedawayfrom allhis transgressionswhichhe had committed,he shall surelylive;he shall not die.
Nowtherefore, thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
"But when he cameto his senses,he said,'How manyof my father'shired menhave more than enoughbread,but I am dyingherewith hunger!
Brethren,do not be childrenin your thinking;yetin evilbe infants,but in your thinkingbe mature.
For this reasonit says,"Awake,sleeper,And arisefrom the dead,And Christwill shineon you."
"Wouldthat they were wise,that they understoodthis,That they would discerntheir future!
