2 ²⁶ "As a thief is shamed when caught,
so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
they, their kings, their princes,
their priests, and their prophets,
2 ²⁷ who say to a tree, 'You are my father,'
and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.'
For they have turned their back to me,
and not their face.
But in the time of their trouble they say,
'Arise and save us!
2 ²⁸ But where are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for as many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.

2 ²⁹ "Why do you complain against me?
You have all rebelled against me,
says Yahweh.
2 ³⁰ In vain have I smitten your children,
they took no correction;
your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.
2 ³¹ And you, O generation, heed the word of Yahweh.
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
or a land of thick darkness?
Why then do my people say, 'We are free,
we will come no more to you?'
2 ³² Can a maiden forget her ornaments,
or a bride her attire?
Yet my people have forgotten me
days without number.

2 ³³ "How well you direct your course to seek lovers!
So that even to wicked women
you have taught your ways.
2 ³⁴ Also on your skirts is found
the lifeblood of guiltless poor;
you did not find them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
2 ³⁵ you say, 'I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.'
Behold, I will bring you to judgment
for saying, 'I have not sinned.'
2 ³⁶ How lightly you gad about,
changing your way!
You shall be put to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.
2 ³⁷ From it too you will come away
with your hands upon your head,
for Yahweh has rejected those in whom you trust,
and you will not prosper by them.