⁴ Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,^(A)
a brood of evildoers,^(B)
    children given to corruption!^(C)
They have forsaken^(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One^(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs^(F) on him.

⁶ You have rejected^(A) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out^(B) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.^(C)