⁴ so I will choose their punishments
    and bring upon them what they fear,
because, when I called, no one answered,
    when I spoke, they did not listen,
but they did what was evil in my sight
    and chose what did not please me.^(A)

¹² I will destine you to the sword,
    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter;
because, when I called, you did not answer,
    when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my sight
    and chose what I did not delight in.^(A)

²⁴ What the wicked dread will come upon them,
    but the desire of the righteous will be granted.^(A)

²⁴ Because I have called and you refused,
    have stretched out my hand and no one heeded,^(A)

³¹ therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
    and be sated with their own devices.^(A)
32 For waywardness kills the simple,
    and the complacency of fools destroys them;^(B)

¹² So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
    to follow their own counsels.^(A)