"Thesethingsyou have doneand I keptsilence;You thoughtthat I was just likeyou; I will reproveyou and state[the case] in orderbefore your eyes.
"Shall He recompenseon your terms,becauseyou have rejected[it]? For you must choose,and not I; Therefore declarewhatyou know.
May our Godcomeand not keepsilence;FiredevoursbeforeHim, And it is verytempestuousaroundHim.
"I do not reproveyou for your sacrifices,And your burntofferingsare continuallybeforeMe.
They say,"Howdoes Godknow?And is thereknowledgewith the MostHigh?"
You have placedour iniquitiesbeforeYou, Our secret[sins] in the lightof Your presence.
Godsaidto Moses,"I AMWHOI AM";and He said,"Thusyou shall sayto the sonsof Israel,I AMhas sentme to you.'"
A manwho hardens[his] neckafter much reproofWill suddenlybe brokenbeyondremedy.
For Godwill bringeveryactto judgment,everythingwhich is hidden,whetherit is goodor evil.
[Though] the wickedis shownfavor,He does not learnrighteousness;He dealsunjustlyin the landof uprightness,And does not perceivethe majestyof the LORD.
"I have keptsilentfor a longtime,I have keptstilland restrainedMyself. [Now] like a woman in laborI will groan,I will bothgaspand pant.
"Of whomwere you worriedand fearfulWhenyou lied,and did not rememberMe Norgive[Me] a thought?Was I not silenteven for a longtimeSo you do not fearMe?
"Howcan you say,'I am not defiled,I have not goneafterthe Baals?Lookat your wayin the valley!Knowwhatyou have done!You are a swiftyoungcamelentanglingher ways,
The LORDhas swornby the prideof Jacob,"Indeed,I will neverforgetanyof their deeds.
"Godis not a man,that He should lie,Nora sonof man,that He should repent;Has He said,and will He not doit? Or has He spoken,and will He not makeit good?
Thereforedo not go on passing judgmentbeforethe time,[but wait] untilthe Lordcomeswhowill bothbring to lightthe things hiddenin the darknessand disclosethe motivesof [men's] hearts;and theneach man'spraisewill cometo him from God.
The Lordis not slowabout His promise,as somecountslowness,but is patienttowardyou, not wishingfor anyto perishbut for allto cometo repentance.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
