²⁶ “As a thief is disgraced^(A) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests^(B) and their prophets.^(C)
27 They say to wood,^(D) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,^(E) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs^(F) to me
    and not their faces;^(G)
yet when they are in trouble,^(H) they say,
    ‘Come and save^(I) us!’
²⁸ Where then are the gods^(J) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!^(K)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.^(L)

²⁹ “Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all^(M) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
³⁰ “In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.^(N)
Your sword has devoured your prophets^(O)
    like a ravenous lion.

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(P)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(Q)
32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten^(R) me,
    days without number.

⁶     my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.

¹¹ “Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
    these have become altars for sinning.^(A)

¹⁴ Israel has forgotten^(A) their Maker^(B)
    and built palaces;
    Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
    that will consume their fortresses.”^(C)