^22 (A)Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the ^(B)bound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

¹⁴ “But cursed be ^(A)the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord ^(B)what is blemished—
For ^(C)I am a great King,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“And My name is to be feared among the nations.

⁵ “My^(A) covenant was with him, one of life and peace,
And I gave them to him ^(B)that he might fear Me;
So he feared Me
And was reverent before My name.

⁵ And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
^(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who ^(B)exploit wage earners and ^(C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

¹⁶ Then those ^(A)who feared the Lord ^(B)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So ^(C)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who ^[a]meditate on His name.

² But to you who ^(A)fear My name
The ^(B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.