²⁷ They say to wood,^(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,^(B) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs^(C) to me
    and not their faces;^(D)
yet when they are in trouble,^(E) they say,
    ‘Come and save^(F) us!’

¹⁶ The Israelites are stubborn,^(A)
    like a stubborn heifer.^(B)
How then can the Lord pasture them
    like lambs^(C) in a meadow?