⁹ “‘I bathed you with water and washed^(A) the blood from you and put ointments on you.

¹³ I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens.^(A) What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind!^(B)

¹⁷ Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,^(A) and also of madness and folly,^(B) but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

⁷ In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart^(A) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.^(B)