Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their crookednesses, were afflicted.
The fool has said in his heart, “There is no יהוה.” They have done corruptly, They have done an abominable deed, There is no one who does good.
A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this.
“How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
He goes after her immediately, Like an ox he goes to the slaughter, And as in chains, a fool to the punishment,
And I saw among the simple, I perceived among the youths, A young man lacking heart,
“Your own evil instructs you, and your backslidings reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter that you have forsaken יהוה your Elohim, and that My fear is not in you,” declares the Master יהוה of hosts.
What? Should mankind complain, A living man, because of his sins?