29. “Why do you complain about me?All of you have rebelled against me,” declares the Lord.
30. “I have punished your children without results.They didn’t respond to correction.You killed my prophets like a raging lion.
31. “Consider the word of the Lord, people of this generation.Haven’t I been a desert, a land of thick darkness, for Israel?Why do my people say that they are free to wander aroundand no longer come to me?
32. A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils.Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.