The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

No resident of Zion will say, “I am ill”; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven.

They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies.

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.