Listenand giveheed,do not be haughty,For the LORDhas spoken.
Everyonewho is proudin heartis an abominationto the LORD;Assuredly,he will not be unpunished.
Listen,O heavens,and hear,O earth;For the LORDspeaks,"SonsI have rearedand broughtup, But they have revoltedagainst Me.
Whoamong you will giveearto this?Who will giveheedand listenhereafter?
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Justsowill I destroythe prideof Judahand the greatprideof Jerusalem.
"Onlyknowfor certainthat ifyou putme to death,you will bringinnocentbloodon yourselves, and on thiscityand on its inhabitants;for trulythe LORDhas sentme to you to speakallthesewordsin your hearing."
Hearthis,O elders,And listen,allinhabitantsof the land.Has [anything like] thishappenedin your daysOrin your fathers'days?
"But the LORDtookme from followingthe flockand the LORDsaidto me, 'Goprophesyto My peopleIsrael.'
Humbleyourselves in the presenceof the Lord,and He will exaltyou.
He who hasan ear,let him hearwhatthe Spiritsaysto the churches.'
