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²⁰Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
²¹Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
²²Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
²³But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
²⁴Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
²⁵Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
²⁸They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
²⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
³⁰A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
³¹The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?