⁷ “Why should I forgive you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And ^(A)sworn by those who are ^(B)not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They ^(C)committed adultery
And stayed at the prostitute’s house.

⁹ Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord,
“And ^(A)shall I not avenge Myself
On a nation such as this?