³ Therefore the showers have been withheld,^(A)
    and no spring rains^(B) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen^(C) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.^(D)

“I will put obstacles before this people.
    Parents and children alike will stumble^(A) over them;
    neighbors and friends will perish.”

¹⁵ They are worthless,^(A) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.