8. They were as fed horses in the morning; each one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
9. Shall I not visit for these things? said the Lord; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10. Go ye up upon her walls and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements for they are not the Lord’s.
11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have made a firm decision to rebel against me, saith the Lord.
12. They have denied the Lord and said, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;
13. but the prophets shall become like wind, and there is no word in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14. Therefore thus hath the Lord God of the hosts said: Because ye have spoken this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15. Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou dost not know, neither dost thou understand what they say.