4. If thy children have sinned against him, and he hath cast them away for their transgression;
5. If thou wouldst seek to God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6. If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
8. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: