Many people profess their loyalty, ¹  but a faithful person ²  – who can find? ³ 

but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

So tell them: ‘This is a nation that has not obeyed the Lord their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore. ¹