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That is why the rains were held back, and the spring showers did not come. You even look like a prostitute; you have no shame.

“And now you say to me, ‘You are my father, and you have loved me ever since I was a child. You won't always be angry; you won't be mad at me forever.’ Israel, that is what you said, but you did all the evil you could.”

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Therefore the showers have been withheld,(A)
    and no spring rains(B) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen(C) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.(D)
Have you not just called to me:
    ‘My Father,(E) my friend from my youth,(F)
will you always be angry?(G)
    Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
    but you do all the evil you can.”

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