6. And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?
7. And I brought you into a fruitful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; and ye entered and defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
8. The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
9. Therefore will I yet plead with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I plead.
10. For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.
11. Hath a nation changed its gods? and they are no gods; --but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
12. Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, and shudder; be amazed very much, saith Jehovah.
13. For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew them out cisterns, broken cisterns that hold no water.
14. Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil?
15. The young lions roared against him, they gave forth their voice, and they made his land desolate: his cities are burned, without inhabitant.