24
"`What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? Thou, Judah, wouldest not obey Me. I will turn Me to other nations, and unto those will I give My name, that they may keep My statutes.
25
Seeing ye have forsaken Me, I will forsake you also; when ye desire Me to be gracious unto you, I shall have no mercy upon you.
26
Whensoever ye shall call upon Me, I will not hear you; for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.
27
Ye have not, as it were, forsaken Me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.
28
"`Thus saith the Almighty Lord: Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters and a nurse her young babes,
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.