8  Now therefore hear this, ^qyou lover of pleasures,

^rwho sit securely,

who say in your heart,

^s“I am, and there is no one besides me;

^tI shall not sit as a widow

or know the loss of children”:

1  Hear this, O house of Jacob,

^dwho are called by the name of Israel,

and ^ewho came from the waters of Judah,

^fwho swear by the name of the Lord

and confess the God of Israel,

but not in truth or right.

16  ^yDraw near to me, hear this:

from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I have been there.”

And now ^zthe Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

21  ^xTherefore hear this, you who are afflicted,

who are drunk, but not with wine: