²⁶ “As a thief is disgraced when he’s caught,
    so the house of Israel is disgraced—
        they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets,
²⁷ who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
They have turned their back to me,
    but not their faces.
In the time of their trouble, they’ll say,
    ‘Rise up! Deliver us!’”

²⁸ “But where are your gods
    that you made for yourselves?
Let them rise up, if they can deliver you
    in the time of your trouble.
        You have as many gods as you have towns, Judah.
²⁹ Why do you contend with me?
    You have rebelled against me,”
        declares the Lord.