26 “As the athief is shamed when he is found,
So the house of Israel is shamed;
They, their kings, their princes,
And their priests and their prophets,
27 Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their aback to Me
And not their face;
But in the btime when their evil comes they will say,
‘Arise and save us.’
28 But where are your agods
Which you made for yourself?
Let them arise, if they can bsave you
In the time when your evil comes;
For caccording to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.