¹¹ “But my people would not listen to me;
    Israel would not submit to me.^(A)
12 So I gave them over^(B) to their stubborn hearts
    to follow their own devices.

¹³ “If my people would only listen to me,^(C)
    if Israel would only follow my ways,

⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(I)
a brood of evildoers,^(J)
    children given to corruption!^(K)
They have forsaken^(L) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(M) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(N) on him.

⁵ Why should you be beaten^(O) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(P) in rebellion?^(Q)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(R) afflicted.^(S)