13. Because of your sins,I will wound you and leave youruined and defenceless.
14. You will eat,but still be hungry;you will store up goods,but lose everything—I, the Lord, will let it allbe captured in war.
15. You won't harvest what you plantor use the oilfrom your olive treesor drink the winefrom grapes you grow.
16. Jerusalem, this will happenbecause you followedthe sinful exampleof kings Omri and Ahab.Now I will destroy youand your property.Then the people of every nationwill make fun and insult you.