13. You, Judah, have as many gods as you have towns; and the altars you have set up to burn incense to that shameful god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.”
14. ‘Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their distress.
15. ‘What is my beloved doing in my templeas she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?Can consecrated meat avert your punishment?When you engage in your wickedness,then you rejoice.’
16. The Lord called you a thriving olive treewith fruit beautiful in form.But with the roar of a mighty stormhe will set it on fire,and its branches will be broken.