28. “But where are your mighty ones that you have made for yourselves? Let them arise, see if they save you in the time of your calamity. Because your mighty ones have become as many as your cities, O Yehuḏah.
29. “Why do you complain to Me? You all have transgressed against Me,” declares יהוה.
30. “In vain have I smitten your children – they received no instruction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.
31. “O generation, see the word of יהוה! Have I been a wilderness to Yisra’ĕl, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We have broken loose; we come to You no more’?
32. “Would a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her headband? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.
33. “Why do you embellish your way to seek love? Therefore you have even taught the evil women your ways.
34. “Even on your skirts is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents. You did not find them breaking in, but in spite of all these,
35. you say, ‘Because I am innocent, certainly His displeasure shall turn from me.’ See, I shall bring judgment on you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’