all you clans of Israel.
that they strayed so far from me?
and made my inheritance detestable.
the leaders rebelled against me.
“And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
11 Has a nation ever changed its gods?
14 Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth?
Why then has he become plunder?
they have growled at him.
his towns are burned and deserted.
to drink water from the Nile[b]?
to drink water from the Euphrates?
of sound and reliable stock.
into a corrupt, wild vine?
I have not run after the Baals’?
in her heat who can restrain her?
at mating time they will find her.
and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!
their priests and their prophets.
28 Where then are the gods you made for yourselves?
when you are in trouble!
29 “Why do you bring charges against me?
they did not respond to correction.
we will come to you no more’?
a bride her wedding ornaments?
33 How skilled you are at pursuing love!
Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
though you did not catch them breaking in.
as you were by Assyria.
you will not be helped by them.