I remember the devotion of your youth,
    your love as a bride,
how you followed me in the wilderness,
    in a land not sown.^(A)
3 Israel was holy to the Lord,
    the first fruits of his harvest.
All who ate of it were held guilty;
    disaster came upon them,
            says the Lord.^(B)

⁹ Therefore once more I accuse you,
            says the Lord,
    and I accuse your children’s children.^(C)
10 Cross to the coasts of Cyprus and look;
    send to Kedar and examine with care;
    see if there has ever been such a thing.
¹¹ Has a nation changed its gods,
    even though they are no gods?
But my people have changed their glory
    for something that does not profit.^(D)
12 Be appalled, O heavens, at this;
    be shocked; be utterly desolate,
            says the Lord,
¹³ for my people have committed two evils:
    they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living water,
    and dug out cisterns for themselves,
cracked cisterns
    that can hold no water.^(E)

⁵ Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶ Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains;
    your judgments are like the great deep;
    you save humans and animals alike, O Lord.^(A)

⁷ How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings.^(B)
8 They feast on the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.^(C)
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light we see light.^(D)

¹⁰ O continue your steadfast love to those who know you
    and your salvation to the upright of heart!

‘You will indeed listen but never understand,
    and you will indeed look but never perceive.^(D)
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing,
        and they have shut their eyes,
        so that they might not look with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.’^(E)