⁵ They are corrupt and not his children;
    to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.^(A)
6 Is this the way you repay^(B) the Lord,
    you foolish^(C) and unwise people?^(D)
Is he not your Father,^(E) your Creator,^[a]
    who made you and formed you?^(F)

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

¹⁹ The Lord saw this and rejected them^(B)
    because he was angered by his sons and daughters.^(C)
20 “I will hide my face^(D) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,^(E)
    children who are unfaithful.^(F)

¹³ As a father has compassion^(A) on his children,
    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,^(A)
    the most beautiful inheritance^(B) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’^(C)
    and not turn away from following me.