²⁷ who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
    and not their face.
But ^(A)in the time of their trouble they say,
    ‘Arise and save us!’

² Lift up your eyes to ^(A)the bare heights, and see!
    Where have you not been ravished?
^(B)By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
    like an Arab in the wilderness.
^(C)You have polluted the land
    with your vile whoredom.

⁶ Among the smooth stones of ^(A)the valley is your portion;
    they, they, are your lot;
to them you have poured out a drink offering,
    you have brought a grain offering.
    Shall I relent for these things?

^8 (A)They are both ^(B)stupid and foolish;
    the instruction of idols is but wood!

^7 (A)And I brought you into a plentiful land
    to enjoy its fruits and its good things.
But when you came in, ^(B)you defiled my land
    and made my heritage an abomination.

^19 (A)Woe to him ^(B)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
    to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
    and ^(C)there is no breath at all in it.

¹² My people ^(A)inquire of a piece of wood,
    and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For ^(B)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
    and they have left their God to play the whore.