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25 Stop wearing out your feet
    and parching your throat!
But you say, “No use! No!
    How I love these strangers,
    after them I must go.”(A)
26 As the thief is shamed when caught,
    so shall the house of Israel be shamed:
They, their kings, their princes,
    their priests and their prophets;(B)
27 They say to a piece of wood, “You are my father,”
    and to a stone, “You gave me birth.”
They turn their backs to me, not their faces;
    yet in their time of trouble they cry out,
    “Rise up and save us!”

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25 Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!(A)
    I love foreign gods,(B)
    and I must go after them.’(C)

26 “As a thief is disgraced(D) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests(E) and their prophets.(F)
27 They say to wood,(G) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(H) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(I) to me
    and not their faces;(J)
yet when they are in trouble,(K) they say,
    ‘Come and save(L) us!’

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