10. Then I said, “Sovereign Lord, you have completely deceived the people of Jerusalem! You have said there would be peace, but a sword is at their throats.”
11. The time is coming when the people of Jerusalem will be told that a scorching wind is blowing in from the desert towards them. It will not be a gentle wind that only blows away the chaff —
12. the wind that comes at the Lord's command will be much stronger than that! It is the Lord himself who is pronouncing judgement on his people.
13. Look, the enemy is coming like clouds. Their war chariots are like a whirlwind, and their horses are faster than eagles. We are lost! We are doomed!
14. Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart, so that you may be saved. How long will you go on thinking sinful thoughts?
15. Messengers from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim announce the bad news.