22. The Lord says this: In the desert when you were thirsty at the bitter river and insulting my name,
23. I didn’t become angry. Instead, I cast wood into the water and made the river sweet.
24. What will I do to you, Jacob?Judah, you wouldn’t obey me.I will turn to another nationand give them my name.They will certainly keep my ordinances.
25. When those who abandoned mebeg for mercy,I won’t have mercy on them.
26. When they call upon me,I won’t hear thembecause they have stained their souls,and have hands stained with blood.Your feet aren’t slow to commit murder.
27. You haven’t abandoned me;rather, you have abandoned yourselves, says the Lord.
28. The Lord says this: Didn’t I plead with you like a father with his sons, like a mother with her daughters, and like a nurse who loves her little one,