6. For thus says the Lord of hosts:Hew down her trees,throw up a siege mound against Jerusalem.Woe to the city marked for punishment;there is nothing but oppression within her!
7. As a well keeps its waters fresh,so she keeps fresh her wickedness.Violence and destruction resound in her;ever before me are wounds and blows.
8. Be warned, Jerusalem,or I will be estranged from you,And I will turn you into a wilderness,a land where no one dwells.
9. Thus says the Lord of hosts:Glean, glean like a vinethe remnant of Israel;Pass your hand, like a vintager,repeatedly over the tendrils.
10. To whom shall I speak?whom shall I warn, and be heard?See! their ears are uncircumcised,they cannot pay attention;See, the word of the Lord has become for theman object of scorn, for which they have no taste.
11. But the wrath of the Lord brims up within me,I am weary of holding it in.I will pour it out upon the child in the street,upon the young men gathered together.Yes, husband and wife will be taken,elder with ancient.
12. Their houses will fall to others,their fields and their wives as well;For I will stretch forth my handagainst those who dwell in the land—oracle of the Lord.
13. Small and great alike, all are greedy for gain;prophet and priest, all practice fraud.
14. They have treated lightlythe injury to my people:“Peace, peace!” they say,though there is no peace.
15. They have acted shamefully, committing abominations,yet they are not at all ashamed,they do not know how to blush.Therefore they will fall among the fallen;in the time of their punishment they shall stumble,says the Lord.
16. Thus says the Lord:Stand by the earliest roads,ask the pathways of old,“Which is the way to good?” and walk it;thus you will find rest for yourselves.But they said, “We will not walk it.”
17. I raised up watchmen for them:“Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!”But they said, “We will not pay attention!”
18. Therefore hear, O nations,and know, O earth,what I will do with them: