16. Honor the Lord your God,before it’s too late,before you stumbleon the mountain pathsin the evening shadows.Then you will hope for light,only to find darkness and gloom.
17. If you are too proud to listen,I will go off aloneand cry my eyes out.I will weep uncontrollablybecause the Lord’s flockwill be dragged off into exile.
18. Tell the king and the queen mother:Come down from your lofty place,because your glorious crownswill soon be removed from your heads.