[31] “You of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to you no more’? [32] Does a young woman forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number. [33] How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women can learn from your ways. [34] On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this [35] you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ [36] Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. [37] You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.
