⁹ You went to Molek^[a](A) with olive oil
    and increased your perfumes.^(B)
You sent your ambassadors^[b](C) far away;
    you descended to the very realm of the dead!^(D)
10 You wearied^(E) yourself by such going about,
    but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’^(F)
You found renewal of your strength,^(G)
    and so you did not faint.

¹¹ “Whom have you so dreaded and feared^(H)
    that you have not been true to me,
and have neither remembered^(I) me
    nor taken this to heart?^(J)
Is it not because I have long been silent^(K)
    that you do not fear me?