¹⁰ There is bitter punishment for him who is turned from the way; and death will be the fate of the hater of teaching.

¹ A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is like a beast.

¹² And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

⁷ It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

²⁰ The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

¹³ As for your unclean purpose: because I have been attempting to make you clean, but you have not been made clean from it, you will not be made clean till I have let loose my passion on you in full measure.

¹⁴ I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.

⁵ Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

⁶ The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

³⁵ They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

¹ A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

¹⁷ He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

³⁰ They had no desire for my teaching, and my words of protest were as nothing to them.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

¹⁷ And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?