²⁴ Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁰ To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

⁹ That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord: