⁵ Israel’s arrogance testifies^(A) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble^(B) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.^(C)
6 When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,^(D)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn^(E) himself from them.

¹² People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.^(A)