His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us?

You will probably ask yourself, ‘Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?’ It is because you have sinned so much.

Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols.

Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, what will happen after these things?”

There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, “These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth.”

Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, “What are these, sir?”

He replied, “Don’t you know what these are?” And I said, “No, sir.”

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, “What are these, sir?”