" Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, Who have been upheld [by Me] from birth, Who have been carried from the womb:

Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my speech.

" Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You [who have] escaped from the nations. They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god [that] cannot save.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?

She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:

O you simple ones, understand prudence, And you fools, be of an understanding heart.

Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light."

"Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' -- and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked --

"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, [that] the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

Because I knew that you [were] obstinate, And your neck [was] an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,

The stouthearted were plundered; They have sunk into their sleep; And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

"But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear.

"Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the LORD of hosts.

" Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the LORD, "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'

So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.' "

" [You] stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers [did,] so [do] you.

They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law.

Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.

Thus says the LORD: "What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters?

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.