31 O generation, consider the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel?A land of darkness?Why do My people say, “We are free to roam.We will come no more to You”?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,or a bride her attire?Yet My people have forgotten Mefor days without number.
33 You prepare your way very well to seek love.Therefore you have also taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Also in your skirts is foundthe blood of the souls of the innocent poor.I have not found it by breaking in,but in spite of all these things.
35 Yet you say, “Because I am innocent,surely His anger shall turn away fromme.”Now I will plead with you,because you say, “I have not sinned.”
36 Why do you go about so muchto change your way?You also shall be ashamed of Egypt,as you were ashamed of Assyria.
37 Indeed, you shall go forth from himwith your hands upon your head;for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,and you shall not prosper in them.