31. People of this generation, listen closely to the Lord’s word:Have I been a wasteland to Israelor a land of dense darkness?Why then do my people say,"We have wandered far away;we’ll come to you no longer"?
32. Does a young woman forget her jewelryor a bride her wedding dress?Yet you have forgotten me days without end!
33. So skilled are you at pursuing loversthat you instruct even the most wicked.
34. Your garments are stainedwith the blood of the innocent poor,even though you didn’t catch thembreaking and entering.Yet, despite all this,
35. you still insist,"I’m innocent;as a result he will turn his anger away from me."Because you claim not to have sinned,I will pass judgment against you.
36. You change sides so casually!But Egypt will shame youno less than Assyria.
37. From there you will go outwith your hands on your heads,because the Lord has rejected those you rely on;they won’t help you.