17And the sons of thy people have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, As to them -- their way is not pondered.
18In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.
19And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.
20And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.`
21And it cometh to pass, in the twelfth year -- in the tenth [month], in the fifth of the month -- of our removal, come in unto me doth one who is escaped from Jerusalem, saying, `The city hath been smitten.`
22And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.
