⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.

¹² to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;^(A)
and, “This is the place of repose”—
    but they would not listen.