3. So those people will be like the morning mist;they will disappear like the morning dew.They will be like chaff blown from the threshing floor,like smoke going out a window.
4. “I, the Lord, have been your Godsince you were in the land of Egypt.You should have known no other God except me.I am the only one who saves.
5. I cared for them in the desertwhere it was hot and dry.
6. I gave them food, and they became full and satisfied.But then they became too proud and forgot me.
7. That is why I will be like a lion to them,like a leopard waiting by the road.
8. I will attack like a bear robbed of her cubs,ripping their bodies open.I will devour them like a lionand tear them apart like a wild animal.
9. “Israel, I will destroy you.Who will be your helper then?