18 For who has stood in the council of the Lord,that he should perceive and hear his word?Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
19 Behold, the Lord’s storm, his wrath, has gone out.Yes, a whirling storm:It will burst on the head of the wicked.
20 the Lord’s anger will not return until he has executed,and until he has performed the intents of his heart.In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
21 I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran.I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council,then they would have caused my people to hear my words,and would have turned them from their evil way,and from the evil of their doings.
23 “Am I a God at hand,” says the Lord,“and not a God afar off?
24 Can anyone hide himself in secret placesso that I can’t see him?” says the Lord.“Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.