30. “Tell the nation of Israel, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: Will you dishonor yourselves the way your ancestors did? Will you chase their detestable idols like a prostitute?
31. You offer your children as sacrifices by burning them alive. You dishonor yourselves with all your disgusting idols to this day. Should you be allowed to ask me for help, nation of Israel?“‘As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, you won’t be allowed to ask me for help.
32. What you have in mind will never happen. You think that you want to be like other nations, like the different people in other countries. You want to serve wood and stone.
33. “‘As I live, declares the Almighty Lord, I will rule you with a mighty hand and a powerful arm, and I will pour out my fury.
34. I will bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where I have scattered you with my mighty hand and powerful arm. I will pour out my fury.
35. I will bring you into the desert of the nations. There I will put you on trial face to face.
36. I will put you on trial as I put your ancestors on trial in the desert of Egypt, declares the Almighty Lord.
37. Then I will make you suffer punishment and make you keep the terms of the promise.