23. But this people’s heart is stubborn and rebellious;they turn and go away,
24. And do not say in their hearts,“Let us fear the Lord, our God,Who gives us rainearly and late, in its time;Who watches for usover the appointed weeks of harvest.”
25. Your crimes have prevented these things,your sins have turned these blessings away from you.
26. For criminals lurk among my people;like fowlers they set traps,but it is human beings they catch.
27. Their houses are as full of treacheryas a bird-cage is of birds;Therefore they grow powerful and rich,