¹⁸ You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
    you forgot^(A) the God who gave you birth.

²¹ They forgot the God^(A) who saved them,
    who had done great things^(B) in Egypt,

²¹ A cry is heard on the barren heights,^(A)
    the weeping^(B) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
    and have forgotten^(C) the Lord their God.