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17 They keep speaking to those who hate me. They say,
    ‘The Lord says you will have peace.’
They speak to all those who do
    what their stubborn hearts want them to do.
    They tell them, ‘No harm will come to you.’
18 But which of them has ever stood in my courts?
    Have they been there to see a vision or hear my message?
    Who has listened and heard my message there?
19 A storm will burst out
    because of my great anger.
A windstorm will sweep down
    on the heads of sinful people.

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17 They keep saying(A) to those who despise me,
    ‘The Lord says: You will have peace.’(B)
And to all who follow the stubbornness(C) of their hearts
    they say, ‘No harm(D) will come to you.’
18 But which of them has stood in the council(E) of the Lord
    to see or to hear his word?
    Who has listened and heard his word?
19 See, the storm(F) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a whirlwind(G) swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

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