“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,^(B)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,^(C)
    through a land not sown.
³ Israel was holy^(D) to the Lord,^(E)
    the firstfruits^(F) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(G) her were held guilty,^(H)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

⁷ I brought you into a fertile land
    to eat its fruit and rich produce.^(A)
But you came and defiled my land
    and made my inheritance detestable.^(B)
8 The priests did not ask,
    ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;^(C)
    the leaders^(D) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,^(E)
    following worthless idols.^(F)

⁹ “Therefore I bring charges^(G) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
¹⁰ Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus^(H) and look,
    send to Kedar^[a](I) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
¹¹ Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods^(J) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious^(K) God
    for worthless idols.
¹² Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
¹³ “My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken^(L) me,
    the spring of living water,^(M)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

⁵ Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
    your faithfulness^(A) to the skies.^(B)
6 Your righteousness^(C) is like the highest mountains,^(D)
    your justice like the great deep.^(E)
    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.^(F)
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!^(G)
    People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.^(H)
8 They feast on the abundance of your house;^(I)
    you give them drink from your river^(J) of delights.^(K)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;^(L)
    in your light^(M) we see light.

¹⁰ Continue your love^(N) to those who know you,^(O)
    your righteousness to the upright in heart.^(P)

“Though seeing, they do not see;
    though hearing, they do not hear or understand.^(D)

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
    you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
¹⁵ For this people’s heart has become calloused;
    they hardly hear with their ears,
    and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
    hear with their ears,
    understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’^[a](F)