For You write bitter things against me
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
The wise will inherit glory,
but shame will be the legacy of fools.
The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
I will gather all the nations,
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
I will enter into judgment with them there
regarding My people and My heritage Israel,
whom they have scattered among the nations;
they have also divided up My land.
for you have been born again, not from perishable seed, but imperishable, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.
so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.