¹⁴ They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts.
    Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.
They cut themselves,^[a] begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,
    and they turn away from me.

⁹ “People cry out when they are oppressed.
    They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
¹⁰ Yet they don’t ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
    the one who gives songs in the night?

⁸ At their religious festivals,
    they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security.
In the house of their gods,^[a]
    they drink wine bought with unjust fines.

³⁴ When God began killing them,
    they finally sought him.
    They repented and took God seriously.
³⁵ Then they remembered that God was their rock,
    that God Most High^[a] was their redeemer.
³⁶ But all they gave him was lip service;
    they lied to him with their tongues.
³⁷ Their hearts were not loyal to him.
    They did not keep his covenant.

¹¹ Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
    “I’ll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That’s just the kind of prophet you would like!

¹⁴ My servants will sing for joy,
    but you will cry in sorrow and despair.