And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins,

and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son, but a wise son gladdens his mother.

A righteous father brings up [his children] well, and his soul rejoices over a wise son.

And I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk not in the customs of your fathers, and keep not their ordinances, and have no fellowship with their practices, nor defile yourselves [with them].

And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

and said to them, Hear, you Levites: Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.

And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense, and have not offered whole burnt offerings in the holy [place] to the God of Israel.

And behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.

And now be not wanting [to your duty], for the Lord has chosen you to stand before Him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to Him.

Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for everyone that is left in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found; for great is the wrath of the Lord [which] has been kindled amongst us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of the Lord, to do according to all the things written in this book.

but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them [to worship.]

For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

And you, fill up then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your futile way of life handed down from your forefathers,

and has turned away from all his ungodliness which he has committed: he shall surely live, he shall not die.

I thought on Your ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies.

I prepared myself, (and was not terrified) to keep Your commandments.

And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burned up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on its coals and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it.

Hearken, I pray, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? The runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing.

that they may concert together as [men] singing in their heart. I remember all their wickedness; now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before My face.

And now thus says the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways!

Thus says the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways!

[ 2:19] Set your hearts now [to think] from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth [day] of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;

But having come to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have an abundance of bread, and I am perishing with hunger!

and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'