3 “But draw near, you sons of a asoothsayer,
bSeed of an adulterer and a cprostitute.
4 Against whom do you jest?
Against whom do you open wide your mouth
And stick out your tongue?
Are you not children of atransgression,
Seed of lying,
5 Who inflame yourselves among the aoaks,
bUnder every green tree,
Who cslaughter the children in the ravines,
Under the clefts of the cliffs?
6 Among the asmooth stones of the ravine
Is your portion, they are your lot;
Even to them you have bpoured out a drink offering;
You have made a grain offering.
Shall I crelent concerning these things?
7 Upon a mountain alofty and lifted up
You have bmade your bed.
You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
8 Behind the door and the doorpost
You have set up your memorial;
Indeed, far removed from Me, you have auncovered yourself,
And have gone up and made your bed wide,
And you have cut a covenant for yourself with them;
You have loved their bed;
You have looked on their manhood.
9 You have journeyed to the king with oil
And increased your perfumes;
You have asent your envoys a great distance
And made them go down to Sheol.
10 You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘aIt is hopeless.’
You found renewed strength;
Therefore you did not faint.
11 “Of awhom were you anxious and fearful
When you lied and did bnot remember Me,
Nor even cput Me upon your heart?
Was I not silent even for a long time
So you do not fear Me?
12 I will adeclare your righteousness and your bdeeds,
But they will not profit you.