23
I did not send fire upon you for your blasphemies, but threw a tree into the water and made the stream sweet.
24
"What shall I do to you, O Jacob? You would not obey me, O Judah. I will turn to other nations and will give them my name, that they may keep my statutes.
25
Because you have forsaken me, I also will forsake you. When you beg mercy of me, I will show you no mercy.
26
When you call upon me, I will not listen to you; for you have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit murder.
27
It is not as though you had forsaken me; you have forsaken yourselves, says the Lord.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.