⁹ You went to Molek^[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(B)
You sent your ambassadors^[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(D)
10 You wearied^(E) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(F)
You found renewal of your strength,^(G)
    and so you did not faint.

¹¹ “Whom have you so dreaded and feared^(H)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered^(I) me
    nor taken this to heart?^(J)
Is it not because I have long been silent^(K)
    that you do not fear me?
¹² I will expose your righteousness and your works,^(L)
    and they will not benefit you.
¹³ When you cry out^(M) for help,
    let your collection of idols save^(N) you!
The wind will carry all of them off,
    a mere breath will blow^(O) them away.
But whoever takes refuge^(P) in me
    will inherit the land^(Q)
    and possess my holy mountain.”^(R)

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!^(S)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”^(T)
15 For this is what the high and exalted^(U) One says—
    he who lives forever,^(V) whose name is holy:
“I live in a high^(W) and holy place,
    but also with the one who is contrite^(X) and lowly in spirit,^(Y)
to revive the spirit of the lowly
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.^(Z)
16 I will not accuse^(AA) them forever,
    nor will I always be angry,^(AB)
for then they would faint away because of me—
    the very people^(AC) I have created.