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13 There is no one to care for your sores,
    so you will not be healed.
14 You became friends with many nations,
    but those nations don’t care about you.
    Your ‘friends’ have forgotten you.
I hurt you like an enemy.
    I punished you very hard.
I did this because of your great guilt.
    I did this because of your many sins.
15 Israel and Judah, why are you still crying about your wound?
    There is no cure for it.
I did this to you because of your great guilt.
    I did this because of your many sins.

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13 There is no one to plead your cause,(A)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing(B) for you.
14 All your allies(C) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy(D) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,(E)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins(F) so many.
15 Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?(G)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.(H)

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