Instead they gave me poison for my food; and for my thirst they gave me vinegar.
For the straying of the naive kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.
And if you do not take to heart giving honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send a curse upon you and your blessing I will curse. In fact, I have already cursed it, because you do not take it to heart.
Cursed be your grain basket and your kneading bowl!
When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
and “A stone that will make people stumble, and a rock that will make them fall.” They stumble by disobeying the word, as is their destiny.