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32 Whether a virgin shall forget her ornament? and a spousess her breast girdle? But my people hath forgotten me by days without number.

33 What enforcest thou to show thy way good to seek love, which furthermore both hast taught thy malices thy ways, (How well thou endeavourest to find thy lovers, even the worst women can learn from thy ways!)

34 and the blood of poor men and innocents is found in thy wings? I found not them in ditches, but in all things which I remembered before. (and the blood of the poor and the innocent is found on thy wings. Yea, it got there not from breaking into houses, but from sacrifices made under every tree.)

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32 Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten(A) me,
    days without number.
33 How skilled you are at pursuing(B) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
34 On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood(C) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.(D)
Yet in spite of all this

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