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In that day he will protest, saying:
    “I’m no healer!
In my house is no bread or cloak.
    Don’t make me a ruler of people!”

For Jerusalem has stumbled,
    and Judah is fallen.
For their tongue and their actions
    are against Adonai,
    defying the eyes of His glory.
The expression of their faces
    bears witness against them.
They display their sin like Sodom—
    they do not hide it.
Oy, their souls!
For they brought evil on themselves.

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But in that day(A) he will cry out,
    “I have no remedy.(B)
I have no food(C) or clothing in my house;
    do not make me the leader of the people.”(D)

Jerusalem staggers,
    Judah is falling;(E)
their words(F) and deeds(G) are against the Lord,
    defying(H) his glorious presence.
The look on their faces testifies(I) against them;
    they parade their sin like Sodom;(J)
    they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
    They have brought disaster(K) upon themselves.

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