17. They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.
18. For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?
19. Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, even his wrath, is gone forth, yea, a whirling tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
20. The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
21. I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
22. But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23. Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?
24. Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
25. I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.