15. They are vanity and the work of scorn: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
16. The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Former of all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of the hosts is his name.
17. Gather up thy wares out of the lands, O inhabitant of the fortress.
18. For thus hath the Lord said, Behold, that this time I will throw out the inhabitants of the land with a sling and will afflict them, that they may find it.
19. Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous, but I said, Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it.
20. My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my sons were taken from me, and they are lost; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my curtains.
21. For the pastors are become carnal and have not sought the Lord; therefore they did not understand, and all their flocks scattered.
22. Behold, the voice of the rumour is come, and a great commotion out of the land of the north wind to make the cities of Judah desolate and a den of dragons.
23. O Lord, I know that man is not the lord of his own way: it is not in man that walks to order his steps.
24. O Lord, chastise me, but with judgment; not with thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing.
25. Pour out thy fury upon the Gentiles that do not know thee and upon the nations that do not call on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob and devoured him and consumed him and have destroyed his habitation.