Dual Panel1The godly <06662> perish <06>, but no <0369> one <0376> cares <03820> <05921> <07760>. Honest <02617> people <0376> disappear <0622>, when no <0369> one minds <0995> that <03588> the godly <06662> disappear <0622> because of evil <07451>.
2Those who live <01980> uprightly <05228> enter <0935> a place of peace <07965>; they rest <05117> on <05921> their beds <04904>.
3But approach <07126>, you <0859> sons <01121> of omen readers <06049>, you offspring <02233> of adulteresses <05003> and prostitutes <02181>!
4At <05921> whom <04310> are you laughing <06026>? At <05921> whom <04310> are you opening <07337> your mouth <06310> and sticking out <0748> your tongue <03956>? You <0859> are the children <03206> of rebels <06588>, the offspring <02233> of liars <08267>,
5you who practice ritual sex <02552> under <08478> the oaks and every <03605> green <07488> tree <06086>, who slaughter <07819> children <03206> near the streams <05158> under <08478> the rocky <05553> overhangs <05585>.
6Among the smooth <02511> stones of the stream <05158> are the idols <02506> you love; they <01992>, they <01992> are the object <01486> of your devotion. You pour out <08210> liquid offerings <05262> to them <01992>, you make <05927> an offering <04503>. Because of <05921> these things <0428> I will seek vengeance <05162>.
7On <05921> every high <01364>, elevated <05375> hill <02022> you prepare <07760> your bed <04904>; you go up <05927> there <08033> to offer <02076> sacrifices <02077>.
8Behind <0310> the door <01817> and doorpost <04201> you put <07760> your symbols <02146>. Indeed, you <03588> depart <01540> from me and go up <05927> and invite <07337> them into bed <04904> with you. You purchase <03772> favors from them <01992>, you love <0157> their bed <04904>, and gaze <02372> longingly on their genitals <03027>.
9You take <07788> olive oil <08081> as tribute <07788> to your king <04428>, along with many <07235> perfumes <07547>. You send <07971> your messengers <06735> to <05704> a distant <07350> place; you go <08213> all the way to <05704> Sheol <07585>.
10Because of the long <07230> distance <01870> you must travel, you get tired <03021>, but you do not <03808> say <0559>, ‘I give up <02976>.’ You get <04672> renewed <02416> energy <03027>, so <03651> <05921> you don’t <03808> collapse <02470>.
11Whom <04310> are you worried <01672> about? Whom do you fear <03372>, that <03588> you would act so deceitfully <03576> and not <03808> remember <02142> me or <03808> think <03820> <07760> about <05921> me? Because I <0589> have been silent <02814> for so long <05769>, you are not <03808> afraid <03372> of me.
12I <0589> will denounce <05046> your so-called righteousness <06666> and your deeds <04639>, but they will not <03808> help <03276> you.
13When you cry out <02199> for help <05337>, let your idols <06899> help you! The wind <07307> blows <05375> them all <03605> away <05375>, a breeze <01892> carries <03947> them away <03947>. But the one who looks <02620> to me for help <02620> will inherit <05157> the land <0776> and will have access <03423> to my holy <06944> mountain <02022>.”
14He says <0559>, “Build <05549> it! Build <05549> it! Clear <06437> a way <01870>! Remove <07311> all the obstacles <04383> out <07311> of the way <01870> of my people <05971>!”
15For <03588> this is what <03541> the high <07311> and exalted <05375> one says <0559>, the one who rules <07931> forever <05703>, whose name <08034> is holy <06918>: “I dwell <07931> in an exalted <04791> and holy <06918> place, but also with <0854> the discouraged <01793> and humiliated <07307> <08217>, in order to cheer up <02421> the humiliated <08217> <07307> and to encourage <02421> the discouraged <01792> <03820>.
16For <03588> I will not <03808> be hostile <07378> forever <05769> or <03808> perpetually <05331> angry <07107>, for <03588> then man’s spirit <07307> would grow faint before <06440> me, the life-giving <05848> breath <05397> I <0589> created <06213>.
17I was angry <07107> because of their sinful <05771> greed <01215>; I attacked <05221> them and angrily <07107> rejected <05641> them, yet they remained <01980> disobedient <07726> and stubborn <03820>.
18I have seen <07200> their behavior <01870>, but I will heal <07495> them and give <07999> them rest <07999>, and I will once again console <05150> those who mourn <057>.
19I am the one who gives <01254> them reason to celebrate <08193> <05108>. Complete prosperity <07965> <07965> is available both to those who are far <07350> away and those who are nearby <07138>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>, “and I will heal <07495> them.
20But the wicked <07563> are like a surging <01644> sea <03220> that <03588> is unable <03201> <03808> to be quiet <08252>; its waves <04325> toss up <01644> mud <07516> and sand <02916>.
21There will be no <0369> prosperity <07965>,” says <0559> my God <0430>, “for the wicked <07563>.”