⁸     Ephraim, what do I have in common with deaf and blind idols?
        I’m the One who responds to your pleas and cares for you.
    I’m like a flourishing juniper tree; I provide life year-round.

⁹ The wise will understand these things;
    the perceptive will know them.
For everything the Eternal One does is right,
    and the righteous follow His ways.
But those who turn against Him will stumble along His path.