5  For ^tall the peoples walk

each in the name of its god,

but ^uwe will walk in the name of the Lord our God

forever and ever.

13  “Therefore thus says the Lord:

^dAsk among the nations,

Who has heard the like of this?

The virgin Israel

has done ^ea very horrible thing.

14  Does the snow of Lebanon leave

the crags of Sirion?¹

Do the mountain waters run dry,²

the cold flowing streams?

15  ^fBut my people have forgotten me;

they make offerings to ^gfalse gods;

they made them stumble in their ways,

^hin the ancient roads,

and to walk into side roads,

ⁱnot the highway,