²² And if you ask yourself,
    “Why has this happened to me?”^(A)—
it is because of your many sins^(B)
    that your skirts have been torn off^(C)
    and your body mistreated.^(D)

⁵ “I am against^(A) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
    “I will lift your skirts^(B) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness^(C)
    and the kingdoms your shame.

¹⁰ So now I will expose^(A) her lewdness
    before the eyes of her lovers;^(B)
    no one will take her out of my hands.^(C)

⁸ Jerusalem has sinned^(A) greatly
    and so has become unclean.^(B)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;^(C)
she herself groans^(D)
    and turns away.

²⁶ I will pull up your skirts over your face
    that your shame may be seen^(A)—

³ “They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;^(D)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph^[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge^(E) me,”
declares the Lord.
⁴ “Beware of your friends;^(F)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.^(G)
For every one of them is a deceiver,^[b](H)
    and every friend a slanderer.^(I)
5 Friend deceives friend,^(J)
    and no one speaks the truth.^(K)
They have taught their tongues to lie;^(L)
    they weary themselves with sinning.
⁶ You^[c] live in the midst of deception;^(M)
    in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.

“See, I will refine^(N) and test^(O) them,
    for what else can I do
    because of the sin of my people?
⁸ Their tongue^(P) is a deadly arrow;
    it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,^(Q)
    but in their hearts they set traps^(R) for them.^(S)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”
    declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge^(T) myself
    on such a nation as this?”