They fail to see why they were defeated; they cannot understand what happened.

"Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.

Cattle know who owns them, and donkeys know where their master feeds them. But that is more than my people Israel know. They don't understand at all."

At your feasts you have harps and tambourines and flutes---and wine. But you don't understand what the LORD is doing,

The maker of idols hasn't the wit or the sense to say, "Some of the wood I burned up. I baked some bread on the coals, and I roasted meat and ate it. And the rest of the wood I made into an idol. Here I am bowing down to a block of wood!"

They are hopelessly evil in what they do, just as they were at Gibeah. God will remember their sin and punish them for it.

Forgive the sins and errors of my youth. In your constant love and goodness, remember me, LORD!

The LORD says about these people, "They love to run away from me, and they will not control themselves. So I am not pleased with them. I will remember the wrongs they have done and punish them because of their sins."

The LORD, the God of Israel, has sworn, "I will never forget their evil deeds.

Whatever is covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the LORD. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.

Their bodies used to be young and vigorous, but soon they will turn to dust.

(SEE 20:12)

The wicked vomit up the wealth they stole; God takes it back, even out of their stomachs.

They will not live to see rivers of olive oil or streams that flow with milk and honey.

because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.

When they eat, there is nothing left over, but now their prosperity comes to an end.

Let them eat all they want! God will punish them in fury and anger.

Arrows stick through their bodies; the shiny points drip with their blood, and terror grips their hearts.

Heaven reveals their sin, and the earth gives testimony against them.

This is the fate of wicked people, the fate that God assigns to them.

The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

The sins of the wicked are a trap. They get caught in the net of their own sin.

You punished your people, LORD, and in anguish they prayed to you.

Your own evil will punish you, and your turning from me will condemn you. You will learn how bitter and wrong it is to abandon me, the LORD your God, and no longer to remain faithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD Almighty, have spoken."

Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.

He watches every step we take.

You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

The LORD sees everything you do. Wherever you go, he is watching.

I see everything they do. Nothing is hidden from me; their sins do not escape my sight.

You make wise plans and do mighty things; you see everything that people do, and you reward them according to their actions.

There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that we must all give an account of ourselves.