18. They will put on sackcloth,and horror will overwhelm them.Shame will cover all their faces,and all their heads will be bald.
19. They will throw their silver into the streets,and their gold will seem like something filthy. Their silver and gold will be unable to save themin the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetitesor fill their stomachs,for these were the stumbling blocks that brought about their iniquity.
20. He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty,but they made their abhorrent images from them,their detestable things. Therefore, I have made theseinto something filthy for them.
21. I will hand these things overto foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,and they will profane them.
22. I will turn My face from the wickedas they profane My treasured place.Violent men will enter it and profane it.
23. Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,and the city is filled with violence.
24. So I will bring the most evil of nations to take possession of their houses.I will put an end to the pride of the strong,and their sacred places will be profaned.
25. Anguish is coming!They will seek peace, but there will be none.
26. Disaster after disaster will come, and there will be rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from the priestsand counsel from the elders.