35. And yet you say,‘I have done nothing wrong.Surely God isn’t angry with me!’But now I will punish you severelybecause you claim you have not sinned.
36. First here, then there—you flit from one ally to another asking for help.But your new friends in Egypt will let you down,just as Assyria did before.
37. In despair, you will be led into exilewith your hands on your heads,for the lord has rejected the nations you trust.They will not help you at all.