¹⁶ But to the wicked God says,
“What right do you have to tell of My statutes
And to take ^(A)My covenant in your mouth?
¹⁷ For you yourself ^(B)hate discipline,
And you ^(C)throw My words behind you.

²⁴ Therefore, ^(A)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their ^(B)root will become ^(C)like rot, and their blossom ^[a]blow away like dust;
For they have ^(D)rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁶ “^(A)But they became rebellious and revolted against You,
And ^(B)threw Your Law behind their backs
And ^(C)killed Your prophets who had ^(D)admonished them
In order to bring them back to You,
And ^(E)they committed great blasphemies.