There is no peace for the wicked,” says my God.
But woe to the guilty, for they will get fully what they deserve!
“There is never peace,” Yahweh says, “for the wicked.”
I said, “I’ve worked and served for nothing. I have used up all my strength for nothing.” Yet my rights I leave in Yahweh’s hands, and my just reward is with my God.
They know nothing of the way of peace, and injustice is their way of life. Their paths are so crooked that no one who walks in them knows peace.
Those prophets of Israel who prophesied that Jerusalem would be fine, when devastation was near, will be no more!” For I, Lord Yahweh, have spoken.’ ”
