16. Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.
17. But if you will not hear this, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride: weeping it shall weep, and my eyes shall run down the tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.
18. Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
19. The cities of the south are shut up, and there is none to open them: all Juda is carried away captive with an entire captivity.
20. Lift up your eyes, and see, you that come from the north: where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?
21. What wilt thou say when he shall visit thee? for thou hast taught them against thee, and instructed them against thy own head: shall not sorrows lay hold on thee, as a woman in labour?
22. And if thou shalt say in thy heart: Why are these things come upon me? For the greatness of thy iniquity, thy nakedness is discovered, the soles of thy feet are defiled.
23. If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you may also do well, when you have learned evil.
24. And I will scatter them as stubble, which is carried away by the wind in the desert.
25. This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.
26. Wherefore I have also bared my thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.