14. He will keep you safe.But to Israel and Judahhe will be a stone that makes people stumble,a rock that makes them fall.And for the people of Jerusalemhe will be a trap and a snare.
15. Many will stumble and fall,never to rise again.They will be snared and captured.”
16. Preserve the teaching of God;entrust his instructions to those who follow me.
17. I will wait for the lord,who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob.I will put my hope in him.
18. I and the children the lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the lord of Heaven’s Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.