"Againstwhomdo you jest?Againstwhomdo you openwideyour mouthAnd stickout your tongue?Are you not childrenof rebellion,Offspringof deceit,
suffering wrongas the wagesof doing wrong.They countit a pleasureto revelin the daytime.They are stainsand blemishes,revelingin their deceptions,as they carousewith you,
Alas,sinfulnation,Peopleweigheddownwith iniquity,Offspringof evildoers,Sonswho actcorruptly!They have abandonedthe LORD,They have despisedthe HolyOneof Israel,They have turnedawayfrom Him.
They openedtheir mouthwideagainstme; They said,"Aha,aha,our eyeshave seenit!"
"Stillyou exaltyourself against My peopleby not lettingthem go.
For it is becauseof these thingsthat the wrathof Godwill comeupon the sonsof disobedience,
Let no onedeceiveyou with emptywords,for becauseof these thingsthe wrathof Godcomesupon the sonsof disobedience.
and he fellto the groundand hearda voicesayingto him, "Saul,Saul,whyare you persecutingMe?"
"The one who listensto you listensto Me, and the one who rejectsyou rejectsMe; and he who rejectsMe rejectsthe One who sentMe."
And after twistingtogether a crownof thorns,they putit on His head,and a reedin His right hand;and they knelt downbeforeHim and mockedHim, saying,"Hail,Kingof the Jews!"
and the fieldis the world;and [as for] the goodseed,theseare the sonsof the kingdom;and the taresare the sonsof the evil[one];
From the daysof Gibeahyou have sinned,O Israel;Therethey stand!Will not the battleagainstthe sonsof iniquityovertakethem in Gibeah?
"I am sendingyou to them who are stubbornand obstinatechildren,and you shall sayto them, 'Thussaysthe LordGOD.'
"Becauseof your ragingagainstMe And because your arrogancehas comeup to My ears,Therefore I will putMy hookin your noseAnd My bridlein your lips,And I will turnyou backby the waywhichyou came.
"Whomhave you reproachedand blasphemed?And againstwhomhave you raised[your] voiceAnd haughtilyliftedup your eyes?Againstthe HolyOneof Israel!
For thisis a rebelliouspeople,false~sons,Sonswho refuseto listenTo the instructionof the LORD;
"Woeto the rebelliouschildren,"declaresthe LORD,"Who executea plan,but not Mine,And makean alliance,but not of My Spirit,In orderto addsinto sin;
Is the axeto boastitself overthe one who chopswith it? Is the sawto exaltitself overthe one who wieldsit? [That would be] like a clubwieldingthose who liftit, [Or] like a rodlifting[him who] is not wood.
Those who sitin the gatetalkabout me, And I [am] the songof the drunkards.
I can countallmy bones.They look,they stareat me;
They openwidetheir mouthat me, As a raveningand a roaringlion.
Allwho seeme sneerat me; They separatewith the lip,they wagthe head,[saying],
that allthe peoplereturnedto the campto Joshuaat Makkedahin peace.Noone uttereda wordagainst any of the sonsof Israel.
"Thereforeyou and allyour companyare gatheredtogether againstthe LORD;but as for Aaron,whois he that you grumbleagainsthim?"
"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.
[Who] inflameyourselves among the oaks,Undereveryluxurianttree,Who slaughterthe childrenin the ravines,Underthe cleftsof the crags?
but they [continually] mockedthe messengersof God,despisedHis wordsand scoffedat His prophets,untilthe wrathof the LORDaroseagainst His people,untiltherewas noremedy.
For eachtimeI speak,I cryaloud;I proclaimviolenceand destruction,Becausefor me the wordof the LORDhas resultedIn reproachand derisionalldaylong.
