9. Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves.
10. "He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil.
11. "If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures.
12. "But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge.
13. "But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
14. "They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.
15. "He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression.
16. "Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.
17. "But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.