5 Why be punished more?Why not give up your sin?Your head is badly bruised,and you are weak all over.
6 From your head to your toesthere isn't a healthy spot.Bruises, cuts, and open soresgo without careor oil to ease the pain.
7 Your country lies in ruins;your towns are in ashes.Foreigners and strangerstake and destroy your landwhile you watch.
8 Enemies surround Jerusalem,alone like a hutin a vineyardor in a cucumber field.
9 Zion would have disappearedlike Sodom and Gomorrah,if the Lord All-Powerfulhad not let a fewof its people survive.
10 You are no betterthan the leaders and peopleof Sodom and Gomorrah!So listen to the Lord God:
11 “Your sacrificesmean nothing to me.I am sick of your offeringsof rams and choice cattle;I don't like the bloodof bulls or lambs or goats.