³⁴ He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,
    because of the wickedness of those who live there.

³⁹ Then why should we, mere humans, complain
    when we are punished for our sins?

³ That’s why even the spring rains have failed.
    For you are a brazen prostitute and completely shameless.

¹⁸ “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt
    and your covenants with Assyria?
What good to you are the streams of the Nile^[a]
    or the waters of the Euphrates River?^[b]
19 Your wickedness will bring its own punishment.
    Your turning from me will shame you.
You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is
    to abandon the Lord your God and not to fear him.
    I, the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!

¹⁷ Some were fools; they rebelled
    and suffered for their sins.

²² O beautiful Jerusalem,^[a] your punishment will end;
    you will soon return from exile.
But Edom, your punishment is just beginning;
    soon your many sins will be exposed.