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“You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag. It isn’t right to speak so foolishly. What good do such words do? 4-5 Have you no fear of God? No reverence for him? Your sins are telling your mouth what to say! Your words are based on clever deception,

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“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)
Would they argue with useless words,
    with speeches that have no value?(B)
But you even undermine piety
    and hinder devotion to God.(C)

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