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