2. And if they say, As Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.
3. Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4. And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God
5. I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God but these have altogether broken the yoke, have burst the bonds.
6. Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.
7. Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.
8. As well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
9. Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10. Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.
11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.
12. They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
13. and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14. Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15. Behold, I bring a nation upon you from afar, house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they say.
16. Their quiver is as an open sepulchre; they are all mighty men.