Will evildoers never understand? They consume My people as they consume bread; they do not call on God.

Because they hated knowledge, didn't choose to fear the LORD,

Then I said: "Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren't you supposed to know what is just?

And because they did not think it worthwhile to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

[from] those who abandon the right paths to walk in ways of darkness,

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they don't know what makes them stumble.

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

"This, then, is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

Jesus answered, "The light will be with you only a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that darkness doesn't overtake you. The one who walks in darkness doesn't know where he's going.

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he's going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

When the earth and all its inhabitants shake, I am the One who steadies its pillars. Selah

I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah, the plant He delighted in. He looked for justice but saw injustice, for righteousness, but heard cries of wretchedness.

Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription: The Lord knows those who are His, and Everyone who names the name of the Lord must turn away from unrighteousness.