because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord,

they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke.

For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.

"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows!

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today -- even you.

You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink."

If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?