⁴ Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
^[a](A)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who ^(B)act corruptly!
They have ^(C)abandoned the Lord,
They have ^(D)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away ^[b]from Him.

¹⁷ Therefore the Lord does ^(A)not rejoice over their young men,
^(B)Nor does He have compassion on their ^[a]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is ^(C)godless and an ^(D)evildoer,
And every ^(E)mouth is speaking foolishness.
^(F)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away,
And His hand is still stretched out.