"For you hatediscipline,And you castMy wordsbehindyou.
you also have donemoreevilthanallwhowere beforeyou, and have goneand madefor yourself othergodsand moltenimagesto provokeMe to anger,and have castMe behindyour back--
"But they becamedisobedientand rebelledagainst You, And castYour lawbehindtheir backsAnd killedYour prophetswhohad admonishedthem So that they might returnto You, And they committedgreatblasphemies.
The fearof the LORDis the beginningof knowledge;Foolsdespisewisdomand instruction.
Whoever lovesdisciplinelovesknowledge,But he who hatesreproofis stupid.
Grievouspunishmentis for him who forsakesthe way;He who hatesreproofwill die.
"But he who sinsagainst me injureshimself;Allthose who hateme lovedeath."
Who justifythe wickedfor a bribe,And takeawaythe rightsof the ones whoare in the right!
"But they will say,'It's hopeless!For we are goingto followour own plans,and eachof us will actaccording to the stubbornnessof his evilheart.'
"The wisemenare putto shame,They are dismayedand caught;Behold,they have rejectedthe wordof the LORD,And whatkind of wisdomdo they have?
if,instead, you rejectMy statutes,and ifyour soulabhorsMy ordinancesso as not to carryout allMy commandments,[and] so breakMy covenant,
"For everyonewho doesevilhatesthe Light,and does not cometo the Lightfor fearthat his deedswill be exposed.
And justas they did not see fitto acknowledgeGodany longer, Godgave them overto a depravedmind,to dothosethings which are not proper,
