Some were sick through their sinful ways and because of their iniquities endured affliction;
Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.
The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap
and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,
Your wickedness will punish you, and your faithlessness will convict you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, says the Lord God of hosts.
Why should any who draw breath complain about the punishment of their sins?