²¹ And when many evils and troubles have come upon them, this song shall confront them as ^(A)a witness (for it will live unforgotten in the mouths of their offspring). For ^(B)I know what they are inclined to do even today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore to give.”

²⁴ But Jesus ^(A)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^(B)he knew all people ²⁵ and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ^(C)he himself knew what was in man.

^28 (A)to do whatever your hand and ^(B)your plan had predestined to take place.

²³ this Jesus,^{[a] (A)}delivered up according to ^(B)the definite plan and ^(C)foreknowledge of God, ^(D)you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

^25 (A)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? ^26 (B)You ^(C)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves,

¹⁰ “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^(A)thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme ¹¹ and say, ‘I will go up against ^(B)the land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^(C)the quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’