⁷ “Why should I forgive you?
    Your children have forsaken me
    and sworn^(A) by gods that are not gods.^(B)
I supplied all their needs,
    yet they committed adultery^(C)
    and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.^(D)

¹⁰ But the Lord is the true God;
    he is the living God,^(A) the eternal King.^(B)
When he is angry,^(C) the earth trembles;^(D)
    the nations cannot endure his wrath.^(E)

¹² But God made^(G) the earth^(H) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(I)
    and stretched out the heavens^(J) by his understanding.
¹³ When he thunders,^(K) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning^(L) with the rain^(M)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.^(N)

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed^(O) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(P)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁵ They are worthless,^(Q) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.