The heart of her husband has confidence in her, and he has no lack of gain.

She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night.

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people.

They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

“But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine!

I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you.

Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

“They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’

He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.

“‘Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all.”

Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?” the Lord asks.

You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you!