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12 On that day the Lord God of hosts
    called for weeping and mourning,
    for baldness and putting on sackcloth,(A)

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12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(A)
to weep(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(C) and put on sackcloth.(D)

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13 but instead there was joy and festivity,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating meat and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”(A)

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13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(C)

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My people are bent on turning away from me.
    To the Most High they call,
    but he does not raise them up at all.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

My people are determined to turn(A) from me.(B)
    Even though they call me God Most High,
    I will by no means exalt them.

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37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form,(A)

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37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(A) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(B)

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38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.(A)

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38 nor does his word dwell in you,(A) for you do not believe(B) the one he sent.(C)

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Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?(A)

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Or do you show contempt for the riches(A) of his kindness,(B) forbearance(C) and patience,(D) not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?(E)

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