Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation}

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? {We are...: Heb. We have dominion}

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. {Perezuzza: that is, The breach of Uzza}

Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: