1Righteous people sometimes die when they are still young,
2and now they have peace.
3Yahweh says, “But you who practice sorcery, come here!
4Do you realize [RHQ] whom you are ridiculing,
5You are eager to have sex under every big green tree where you worship your gods.
6You take big smooth stones from the riverbeds
7You have sex [EUP] with cult prostitutes on every hill and mountain,
8You have put ◄fetishes/pagan symbols► behind your doors and doorposts,
9You have given fragrant oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech,
10You became weary because of doing all those things,
11Was it because you were afraid of those idols more than you were afraid of me that you lied about what you were doing,
12You think that [IRO] the things that you have done are right,
13When you cry out for help to your collection of idols,
14Yahweh will say, “Prepare yourselves to receive me,
15Because this is what I, Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say:
16I will not accuse people forever;
17I was angry with my people because they sinned by wanting the things that others had.
18I have seen the evil things that they continually do,
19I will enable them to sing songs to praise me.
20Wicked people do not have peace in their inner beings;
21and I, Yahweh, say that things will never ◄go well/be peaceful► for those who are evil.”