[5:20] The Lord says, “Tell the descendants of Jacob, tell the people of Judah:
[5:21] Pay attention, you foolish and stupid people, who have eyes, but cannot see, and have ears, but cannot hear.
[5:22] I am the Lord; why don't you fear me? Why don't you tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary of the sea, a permanent boundary that it cannot cross. The sea may toss, but it cannot go beyond it; the waves may roar, but they cannot break through.
[5:23] But you people! You are stubborn and rebellious; you have turned aside and left me.
[5:24] You never thought to honor me, even though I send the autumn rains and the spring rains and give you the harvest season each year.
[5:25] Instead, your sins have kept these good things from you.
[5:26] “Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.
[5:27] Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
[5:28] why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.
[5:29] “But I, the Lord, will punish them for these things; I will take revenge on this nation.
[5:30] A terrible and shocking thing has happened in the land:
[5:31] prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?”