¹² Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions,
    they are regarded as a strange thing.^(A)

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge!
    Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you from being a priest to me;
and since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    I also will forget your children.^(A)

¹⁶ Thus says the Lord:
Stand at the crossroads and look,
    and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way lies; and walk in it,
    and find rest for your souls.
But they said, “We will not walk in it.”^(A)
17 Also I raised up sentinels for you:
    “Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!”
But they said, “We will not give heed.”^(B)

⁹ For they are a rebellious people,
    faithless children,
children who will not hear
    the instruction of the Lord;^(A)

²⁰ Have I not written for you thirty^[a] sayings
    of admonition and knowledge,^(A)

¹⁹ He declares his word to Jacob,
    his statutes and ordinances to Israel.^(A)
20 He has not dealt thus with any other nation;
    they do not know his ordinances.
Praise the Lord!^(B)