29Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
31You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36How impulsive you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
37Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”