They replied, “You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way.

By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much.

“Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”

I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.

I, the Lord, say: ‘You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.’ So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!”

As for me, I said: “O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?

The Lord says, “I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, ‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’

So, now the Lord says, ‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’

I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

The woman replied, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “Right you are when you said, ‘I have no husband,’

Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.

you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.