1Listen to this! Yahweh’s power [MTY] is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save you.
2But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed.
3You do violent things [MTY] to others,
4When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true.
5What you plan to do to harm people [MET] is as dangerous as the eggs of a ◄cobra/poisonous snake►,
6We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs [MET],
7You [SYN] are very quick to go and do evil things,
8You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly.
9Because of that, God does not rescue us from our enemies;
10We are like [SIM] blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere.
11We growl like [SIM] hungry bears;
12But these things are happening because it is as though our sins are piled high in the presence of God,
13We know that we have rebelled against Yahweh;
14In our courts, the judges do not decide cases/matters fairly;
15No one tells the truth,
16He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help those who were being treated cruelly.
17It is as though he is a soldier who [MET] puts on his armor and a helmet;
18He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done.
19When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh [MTY],
20And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free his people;
21This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: