^{17 Ref} The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.

^{18 Ref} If only you had given ear to my orders, then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea:

^{19 Ref} Your seed would have been like the sand, and your offspring like the dust: your name would not be cut off or come to an end before me.