^{31 Ref} O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

^{32 Ref} Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

^{33 Ref} How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

^{34 Ref} Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

^{35 Ref} Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

^{36 Ref} Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

^{37 Ref} From thence also shalt thou go forth, with thy hands upon thy head: for Jehovah hath rejected those in whom thou trustest, and thou shalt not prosper with them.