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35 Nonetheless you say, “I am innocent;
    at least, his anger is turned away from me.”
Listen! I will judge you
    on that word of yours, “I have not sinned.”
36 How frivolous you have become
    in changing your course!
By Egypt you will be shamed,
    just as you were shamed by Assyria.(A)
37 From there too you will go out,
    your hands upon your head;
For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,
    with them you will have no success.(B)

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35     you say, ‘I am innocent;(A)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment(B) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’(C)
36 Why do you go about so much,
    changing(D) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt(E)
    as you were by Assyria.
37 You will also leave that place
    with your hands on your head,(F)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
    you will not be helped(G) by them.

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